The 2011-2012 state budget undeniably took some important steps in the direction of getting spending under control as the first step toward a more economically and fiscally strong New York.

Now what?  I say keep going.

Read more about my own efforts to encourage a less wasteful, more cost-effective, less-abused system of Medicaid.

And read more about a bureaucracy-wide crackdown on government waste and inefficiency.