Plunge in NY April Tax Receipts Could Foreshadow Budget Deficit Even as New Fiscal Year Begins
Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature finished passing the 2023-2024 state budget on May 3, about a monthContinue Reading
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Does Voting by Mail in New York Really Require a Constitutional Amendment?
By Deborah Franzblau and Jim Brennan Does voting by mail in New York really require a constitutional amendment? Our newContinue Reading
The MTA’s “Deficits” Aren’t Just a NYC Problem: Taxes Bail Out the Commuter Lines Heavily Too
The New York State budget was submitted to the Legislature by Governor Kathy Hochul for the fiscal year beginning AprilContinue Reading
Honoring Norm Fruchter, A Leader with Profound Impact on New York’s School System
Norm Fruchter, an education activist whose unique intellectual and organizational abilities led to major change for the New York CityContinue Reading
New York Dems’ Self-Inflicted Wounds Contribute to House Losses Here
Political forecasters like the Cook Political Report and FiveThirtyEight.com predicted the Republican Party would win the House of Representatives inContinue Reading
A Ruthless Midterm Closes in on Nov. 8th, 2022
Election Day is in less than two weeks in what I’ve called “The Ruthless Midterm “ in three articlesContinue Reading
LA PLUS CA’ CHANGE – A DISTURBING LOOK AT WHAT REPUBLICANS THINK ABOUT THE ELECTION (Originally Published Dec.17, 2020; Republished Oct. 20, 2022)
OCTOBER 20, 2022 I published this article a few days after the Electoral College voted on Dec. 14th, 2020, toContinue Reading
New York Doesn’t Want a Recession- But It Must Brace for One
The Federal Reserve Board’s aggressive interest rate increases have put the nation and New York on notice that an economicContinue Reading
Census figures show 64% of Americans 25 and over have attended college, meaning student debt forgiveness is not for the elite
The United States Census released the following: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/educational-attainment.html College attendance is far from elite in the United States. The mostContinue Reading
NEW YORK’S MAIL BALLOT COUNTING WOES FADE WITH A LEGISLATIVE CURE AND THE EASING OF THE PANDEMIC
As the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the nation and the world in March of 2020, former Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered aContinue Reading