The Rockefeller Institute report, filled with data, makes a cogent argument in favor of Hochul’s original proposal on save harmless. But now, the governor is backing away from that. We urge the governor to stay the course. What is popular is not always what is best.
The heart of that story has more to do with the value of caring — caring so much you would sacrifice your most prized possession — than it does about the material possessions, which of course are worthless: a chain with no watch, hair combs with no hair.
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