NYC MAYOR BLOOMBERG & GUV PATERSON: WE MUST DEFEAT THE SENATE OBAMACARE BILL

NYDN:

The Senate health reform bill is packed with lumps of coal for New York's Christmas stocking.

Gov. Paterson, Mayor Bloomberg and other officials warned the Senate plan would:

- Force the city to close 100 health clinics.

- Blow a $1 billion hole in the state's budget.

- Threaten struggling hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities.

"It is really a disgrace and we've got to make sure that we fight before the bill is finally passed," Bloomberg fumed.

New York ended up on the short end as Senate brokers showered cash on states whose senators were among the last holdouts before Democratic leaders locked up the 60 needed votes.

THE BILL SUCKS BIGTIME.

AND SO DO NY'S SENATORS SCHUMER AND GILLIBRAND, FOR GETTING NY STATE ABSOLUTELY BUPKUS.