Tracking Stimulus Dollars in N.Y.

July 7, 2009, 10:12 a.m. EDT

WNYC's Andrea Bernstein quickly examines the Web sites set up by New York state public officials to track the stimulus. What she discovered probably won't surprise you. Listen in here.

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