The State Must Step in Now to Avoid a Mass Transit Apocalypse
Hope that Congress can enact a post-election stimulus package to aid the economy amid another explosion of coronavirus cases has narrowed.Continue Reading
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Not the Usual Suspects: Some Big Swing States Might Put the Winner Over the Top on Election Night, But Not the States You’d Think
Election Day 2020, Nov. 3, is approaching, but the American people will be confronting an unusual, potentially anticlimactic Election NightContinue Reading
Giuliani’s Rant on Crime in New York City: The Numbers Tell a Different Story
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani launched an attack on Mayor de Blasio, blaming him for rising crime and crowing about howContinue Reading
NYC Job Recovery is Slow and Uneven. Private Sector Has Regained 30% of Jobs Lost since February
The City’s economy gained 111,000 jobs between July and August 2020, reflecting a slow and partial recovery from the crushingContinue Reading
Battleground Pennsylvania
The Presidential campaign’s intensity took a dramatic turn last week when both candidates visited Kenosha,Wisconsin, following a set of tragicContinue Reading
Staying Sober on the Purple Highway: The Swing States Round 4
The Democratic Party surely hoped, as a result of its convention, that its presentation of an ethnically and culturally diverseContinue Reading
New York State Must Make Serious and Immediate Fixes for Mail Ballot Problems
New York State’s pandemic-induced mass mail-in balloting for the Presidential and other primary elections this past June 23rd received nationalContinue Reading
Congress Returns to Washington as New York’s Future Hangs in the Balance
Congress returned to Washington D.C this past week and New Yorkers have a big stake in the outcome of anyContinue Reading
Canvass of Mail Ballots for Several Closely Contested Assembly Primaries Begins Monday, July 20
The Board of Elections reports that canvassing for a number of Assembly Democratic primaries begins Monday, July 20th, including severalContinue Reading
The Pandemic Has Forced Hundreds of Thousands Out of the City’s Labor Force. They Are Not Even Counted in the City’s Official 18% Unemployment Rate.
Labor statistics can be very confusing, especially for the general public. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its JuneContinue Reading