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Bragg’s Summer Home Run to Protect Conviction Will be Decided by Judge Two Days Before Scheduled Sentencing: Tracking the New York Case
A ruling by Judge Juan Merchan on Donald Trump’s motion to set aside his New York hush-money conviction is expectedContinue Reading
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EP 04: Empire State Political Pulse with Jim Brennan – Congestion Pricing
Governor Hochul recently delayed implementation of congestion pricing, right before it was supposed to be implemented. Why? What will happen now? Will congestion pricing ever happen? How will this impact traffic, transit improvements and the MTA budget?
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CONGESTION PRICING DRIVES INTO THE FALL ELECTION
Governor Hochul’s last-second announcement on June 5th, 2024, to pause New York’s Congestion Pricing Plan caused understandable dismay and evenContinue Reading
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EP03: Empire State Political Pulse with Jim Brennan Podcast
In this episode, Jim chats with his guests about significant features of the NYS budget (the NYS House and Senate recently passed separate versions, but the full legislature has yet to pass a final version) and also dives more deeply into the affordable housing crisis.
New York State and City employment finally break past pre-pandemic levels
The New York State Department of Labor reported on March 7th, 2024 that employment in New York grew by overContinue Reading
EP02: Empire State Political Pulse with Jim Brennan Podcast
Jim sits down with NYS Assemblymember Charles D. Lavine
(D-13th District, Nassau County) and Jeffrey M. Wice, Adjunct Professor/Senior Fellow, NY Census & Redistricting Institute, NY Law School to discuss the NYS State Court of Appeals ruling that the State’s Congressional district maps set in 2022 must be redrawn yet again.
THE NYC SHELTER CENSUS STOOD AT 119,000 ON OCT. 31, 2023
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander’s Nov. 14th newsletter provided these figures for the census in the shelter system asContinue Reading
EP01: Empire State Political Pulse with Jim Brennan Podcast
Jim interviews three knowledgeable guests about the current migrant crisis in NYC in this episode of Jim’s new podcast series.
City Regains Million Jobs Lost in Pandemic; Milestone Tempered by Slower Job Growth in 2023
Mayor Eric Adams announced on October 19th that New York City had regained the nearly 1 million jobs lost duringContinue Reading
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The Mayor, the Migrants, and Reeling Deficits: Destroying New York, Really?
Mayor Eric Adams’ doomsday outcry about the impact of the increasing numbers of migrants coming to New York City, thatContinue Reading
NYC Adds Nearly a Million Jobs As It Reaches a Total Recovery from One of the Worst Pandemic Drops in the Nation
Let me start with the good news: New York City has regained nearly one million jobs, 29.9% above its lowestContinue Reading
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AS THE 2024 ELECTION APPROACHES, NEW YORK’S CONGRESSIONAL LINES AND ITS VOTE-BY-MAIL PROCESS MAY ONCE AGAIN BE IN PLAY
The Congressional elections in New York have become pivotal to both political parties for control of the House of RepresentativesContinue Reading
A CITY GOVERNMENT IN DENIAL ON THE BUDGET
To get right to the point, the Mayor and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seem to be in serious denial about the size of next year’s budget deficit.
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
LIRR’s Heavy Subsidies and the Coming Debate Over MTA Funding
This fall, Governor Cuomo signed a campaign pledge with Long Island State Senate Democratic candidates, many of whom won theirContinue Reading
Stabilizing the MTA’s Rocky Finances in 2019 and Beyond
New York’s colossal and crumbling mass transit system is headed toward another cliff. This one is financial. The MTA’s just-adoptedContinue Reading
Housing and Hardball Politics
The adopted State budget includes a $2.5 billion appropriation for new affordable housing, with $1 billion for supportive housing. TheContinue Reading