State, City, & Federal Budgets: What You Need to Know
The United States Department of Labor May 28 Unemployment Claims report showed that 427,000 New Yorkers filed claims for PandemicContinue Reading
Despite pleas from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and state and local government leaders across the nation for major newContinue Reading
New York State and City are the gruesome public health epicenter of COVID-19, with horrific daily death tolls. The coronavirusContinue Reading
The New York State Division of the Budget surprised the public this past November with an announcement the State facedContinue Reading
New York City is now utterly dominating job growth in the State of New York. In the past two andContinue Reading
The State Already has the Lowest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Per Capita of Any State in the Nation and is GoingContinue Reading
New York State had achieved the highest percentage of residents with health insurance coverage of the four most populous statesContinue Reading
The Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of health insurance coverage for the United States for 2017 shows New YorkContinue Reading
The Federal tax law overhaul that took place at the end of 2017 capped state and local income and propertyContinue Reading
Right now, New York City’s government should be taking advantage of the Democratic majority in both houses of the NewContinue Reading
The New York State Legislature, Governor Cuomo, reformers, advocates, and plenty of ordinary citizens are justly celebrating the passage andContinue Reading
Congestion pricing is an essential step to keep the MTA’s operations and capital plans for construction, new signals and track,Continue Reading
New York City and its economy have been growing at an extraordinary pace in recent years. It is quite clearContinue Reading
The health of the Upstate New York economy will be a major issue in the coming election for Governor ofContinue Reading
The MTA received two significant infusions of new money in the State Budget adopted effective this April 1st. The firstContinue Reading
With the New York State budget deadline of April 1 fast approaching, the Assembly, Senate, and the Governor are nowContinue Reading
Governor Cuomo described the Upstate New York economy as suffering from a “ bad fifty years “ as he triedContinue Reading
Responding to criticism that his administration’s efforts to help the economy in upstate New York have been ineffective, Governor CuomoContinue Reading
The New York State budget approved this April provided the lowest funding increase for public schools in the last fiveContinue Reading
The adopted State budget includes a $2.5 billion appropriation for new affordable housing, with $1 billion for supportive housing. TheContinue Reading