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
Category: New York State
Colossal Failures by New York Budget Division Bring Turmoil and Danger to Medicaid Program
The New York State Division of the Budget surprised the public this past November with an announcement the State facedContinue Reading
New York City Dominating State Job Growth; Rest of State Still Growing-Slowly
New York City is now utterly dominating job growth in the State of New York. In the past two andContinue Reading
New York Builds on Its Extensive Climate Change Leadership
The State Already has the Lowest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Per Capita of Any State in the Nation and is GoingContinue Reading
At 94%, New York’s Health Insurance Coverage Best of Four Most Populous States
New York State had achieved the highest percentage of residents with health insurance coverage of the four most populous statesContinue Reading
New York State Has Largest Percentage With Health Insurance of Four Biggest States in U.S.
The Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of health insurance coverage for the United States for 2017 shows New YorkContinue Reading
Federal Tax Reform is Shaking Up New York’s Finances, but Flow of Bank Settlement Money is Bailing Out the State Budget
The Federal tax law overhaul that took place at the end of 2017 capped state and local income and propertyContinue Reading
Despite the Need, Gaining More State Support for Affordable Housing Remains a Major Political Challenge for the De Blasio Administration
Right now, New York City’s government should be taking advantage of the Democratic majority in both houses of the NewContinue Reading
What’s Missing from the Big New Voting and Campaign Reforms in New York ? Public Financing of Elections
The New York State Legislature, Governor Cuomo, reformers, advocates, and plenty of ordinary citizens are justly celebrating the passage andContinue Reading
MTA Deficit 2021- $800 million- Congestion Pricing Revenue 2021 will be $ 1 billion if passed
Congestion pricing is an essential step to keep the MTA’s operations and capital plans for construction, new signals and track,Continue Reading