If his expected tax cuts fail to reignite growth quickly, though, the country's fiscal plight may worsen.

And they demand that the state immediately - and somehow magically - solve their collective fiscal plight.

Because the city's fiscal plight was so acute at that time, he said, "They were begging me to take 40 years of tax abatement.

"I think it's irresponsible on his part, and I wonder how he plans on digging out of the fiscal plight the city is in."

While this is the city's worst fiscal plight since the 1970's, it is hardly a new one.

State legislative leaders warned that unions would have to share the burden of the state's dire fiscal plight.

In interviews, several governors underscored the gravity of their fiscal plight.

Such sit-downs have usually come later in the budget season, but this year the state faces its worst fiscal plight since the Great Depression.

Commitment to the Police The city's worsening fiscal plight was reflected in another critical way in the last few days.

But as in previous trips to Albany, the Mayor was greeted by the harsh realities of the state's complex politics and its own fiscal plight.