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FILE - New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch speaks during a meeting of the State Budget Crisis Task Force at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on June 25, 2013. Ravitch, a former lieutenant governor and longtime civic leader known for his role in steering New York City through the fiscal crisis of the 1970s and stabilizing its mass transit system in the 1980s, died Sunday, June 25, 2023, at a Manhattan hospital his wife, Kathleen Doyle confirme. He was 89. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Richard Ravitch, public servant who shepherded New York through fiscal crisis, dies at 89

By Jake Offenhartz - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 1994, file photo, Richard Ravitch, a management negotiator for Major League Baseball, pauses during a news conference about the stalled baseball talks in New York. Ravitch, former New York lieutenant governor under David Paterson, and the man credited with helping to save New York City from fiscal collapse in the 1970s, has written a memoir. (AP Photo/Eric Miller, File)

Ex NY Lt. Governor: More fiscal woes for US cities

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

Ravitch to discuss fiscal plight of cities

By dkho - Associated Press

Judge interviews experts in Detroit bankruptcy

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Detroit bankruptcy judge looks for expert

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Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul A. Volcker (left) and former New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch’s State Budget Crisis Task Force’s report says states’ financial problems aren’t just a result of the recession and slow recovery, but have built up over years. As an example, state and local government pension plans are at least $1 trillion short of what they need to pay for their pension promises. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

States face long-term financial burdens

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press