Richard Ravitch: A Porfile on NY's First Appointed Lieutenant Governor

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Published March 15, 2010 at 1:53 PM EDT

By Karen DeWitt

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Albany, NY – The state's Lieutenant Governor, Richard Ravitch is now the driving
force behind a plan to rescue New York from its chronic budget
deficits. But outside of the inner circles of government, many New
Yorkers don't know much of anything about the state's first
appointed lieutenant governor. Karen DeWitt fills us in.

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