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When George Pataki was swept into office in 1994, conservatives throughout New York rejoiced. Not only had they helped knock off liberal icon Mario Cuomo, but after 32 years in the political wilderness the New York Conservative Party had provided the margin of victory that fulfilled their mission to elect a governor who was not a legatee of Nelson Rockefeller/Jacob Javits/John Lindsay-style liberal, big-government Republicanism.
During his 15 years as New York governor, Rockefeller earned the distinction of having requested more tax increases--fully 18!--than any governor in state history. Rocky created a massive state bureaucracy consisting of over 200 agencies, ...