Learn: Search newspapers, in print or online, for the continuing coverage of New York’s unfolding fiscal problems and increasing multibillion-dollar deficits. Visit the Web sites of New York leaders, and your senator and assemblyman, to see what they’re saying about the deficit and the need to act. The New York State home page is www.state.ny.us or www.ny.gov

Voice your opinion: Write, call or e-mail your state legislators. Full contact information is published on the following pages. Keep the pages handy for future use, too.

Write: Join the issues discussion by posting a comment on this topic in our Matters of Opinion blog at www.buffalonews.com or at the end of the Web version of this editorial, or write a 200-word letter to the editor for possible publication on our op-ed page (e-mail to lettertoeditor@buffnews.com or mail to Everybody’s Column, The Buffalo News, P. O. Box 100, Buffalo, NY, 14240).