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Photo credit: Angela Gaul | Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano speaks at a news conference. (Aug. 28, 2012)
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Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano on Monday called on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state lawmakers to give cities further relief from the skyrocketing pension costs that have forced them to raise taxes and cut services.
Speaking to a joint session of the Senate and Assembly Ways and Means Committees, Spano told state lawmakers that Yonkers and other cities are approaching insolvency because of rising costs...
