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
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Jim Brennan was a member of the New York State Assembly for 32 years and retired at the end of 2016. He chaired four committees, including the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions for six years, the Committee on Cities for five years, and the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities for six years. There are 96 Brennan laws on the books of the State of New York and Jim won three national awards for his legislative work during his career.
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
Despite COVID, June 23rd Primary Vote Will Exceed 2018 Governor Democratic Primary Turnout in NYC
The New York City Board of Elections reported on Thursday evening, July 2nd, that 384,000 ballots had been counted asContinue Reading
Absentee Ballot Returns Reach 283,000 in NYC Democratic Primary; 37% Have Been Returned with One More Day to Reach Board of Elections
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ABSENTEE BALLOT UPDATE 6/29 COUNTY SENT RETURNED PCT. RTD New York 230,699 90,506 39% Bronx 96,292 36,870 38%Continue Reading
The Massive Mail-In Ballots Provided Major Support for a High Turnout in the Pandemic, and Could Bring Dramatic Change in the Vote in New York
The New York City Board of Elections is reporting that over 765,000 absentee ballots were distributed to voters before primary day, June 23,Continue Reading
More Than Six Million Americans Dropped Out of the Labor Force Between February and May 2020 and Weren’t Counted Just Now in the Unemployment Rate
The U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics just issued its May employment report for the nation, and surprised forecastersContinue Reading
The Purple Highway Round 3: Arizona and North Carolina
In the past few weeks I have written about the Presidential election in highly competitive swing states, first in MichiganContinue Reading
State Budget Crisis Part Two: UPDATE-NYC WANTS TO BORROW LONG-TERM TOO
I wrote on my blog on May 28th https://jimbrennanscommentaries.com/2020/05/28/state-budget-crisis-part-2-budget-cuts-loom-as-dc-aid-stalls-but-nys-can-fill-gap-without-tax-increases/ advocating New York State address its looming budget deficit by borrowingContinue Reading
New Claims in New York for Special Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Nearly Doubled Between May 9 and May 23rd; NY Unemployment May Reach 25%.
The United States Department of Labor May 28 Unemployment Claims report showed that 427,000 New Yorkers filed claims for PandemicContinue Reading
State Budget Crisis Part 2: Budget Cuts Loom As DC Aid Stalls, But NYS Can Fill Gap Without Tax Increases
Despite pleas from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and state and local government leaders across the nation for major newContinue Reading
The Purple Highway- Round 2- Wisconsin and Florida April 2020
Recently I looked at April 2020 Presidential election polling in two highly competitive swing states, Pennsylvania and Michigan, where ViceContinue Reading
The Purple Highway – April Polls in Pennsylvania and Michigan Show Biden Lead Includes Former Trump Voters
It’s a given that the 2020 Presidential election will run through the three States Donald Trump won in 2016 byContinue Reading
Recent State Budget Has Extensive Cutbacks, But- They Haven’t Told You What They are Yet
New York State and City are the gruesome public health epicenter of COVID-19, with horrific daily death tolls. The coronavirusContinue Reading
A Tribute to Assemblymember Richard Brodsky
New York State Assemblymember Richard Brodsky, who served in the New York Assembly from 1983 to 2010, died on Wednesday,Continue Reading
DESPITE AGONY OF PANDEMIC, PRESIDENTIAL POLLS ROLL ON
As the pain of the pandemic spreads throughout the country and the world, pollsters are still taking the political pulseContinue Reading