Morning Reads: Pork Plucked From Budget, Prevailing Wage Bill, Bike Share Excitement

  • Sheldon Silver pushed to restore “member items” in this year’s budget.  He lost that battle and now Governor Cuomo is suggesting “pork barrel spending” should be banned permanently (Post).
  • John Liu hires a new campaign treasurer (Daily News).
  • This one may be of interest during the continuing SPURA debate: City Council passes controversial prevailing wage legislation (Daily News).
  • Bike Share program receives enthusiastic response (Metro Focus).