New York: SUNY grapples with budget

by E Wayne Ross on May 20, 2008

Times-Union: SUNY grapples with budget

ALBANY — A few months ago, then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer barnstormed the state promoting his dream to build a $4 billion endowment for SUNY and CUNY.

This week, SUNY trustee H. Carl McCall drew laughs at a board meeting with gallows humor about how he shouldn’t use the word “execution” when talking about what will have to be done to the system’s budget.