Cuomo Called The Rebbe. The Rebbe Prayed To God. The Budget Deal Got Done.
Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo picked up the phone and called the spiritual leader of the New York Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel, Satmar Grand Rabbi Aron Teitelbaum, to try to shake a compromise out of a recalcitrant state senator. According to two people familiar with the negotiations, the call was part of an effort…