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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FROM ALL DIRECTIONS, THE CITY BUDGET IS AT RISK OF BEING TORN TO PIECES
Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Council are negotiating the adoption of the City budget, Fiscal Year 2024,Continue Reading
Plunge in NY April Tax Receipts Could Foreshadow Budget Deficit Even as New Fiscal Year Begins
Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature finished passing the 2023-2024 state budget on May 3, about a monthContinue Reading
Does Voting by Mail in New York Really Require a Constitutional Amendment?
By Deborah Franzblau and Jim Brennan Does voting by mail in New York really require a constitutional amendment? Our newContinue Reading
Honoring Norm Fruchter, A Leader with Profound Impact on New York’s School System
Norm Fruchter, an education activist whose unique intellectual and organizational abilities led to major change for the New York CityContinue Reading
New York Dems’ Self-Inflicted Wounds Contribute to House Losses Here
Political forecasters like the Cook Political Report and FiveThirtyEight.com predicted the Republican Party would win the House of Representatives inContinue Reading
A Ruthless Midterm Closes in on Nov. 8th, 2022
Election Day is in less than two weeks in what I’ve called “The Ruthless Midterm “ in three articlesContinue Reading
LA PLUS CA’ CHANGE – A DISTURBING LOOK AT WHAT REPUBLICANS THINK ABOUT THE ELECTION (Originally Published Dec.17, 2020; Republished Oct. 20, 2022)
OCTOBER 20, 2022 I published this article a few days after the Electoral College voted on Dec. 14th, 2020, toContinue Reading
New York Doesn’t Want a Recession- But It Must Brace for One
The Federal Reserve Board’s aggressive interest rate increases have put the nation and New York on notice that an economicContinue Reading
Census figures show 64% of Americans 25 and over have attended college, meaning student debt forgiveness is not for the elite
The United States Census released the following: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/educational-attainment.html College attendance is far from elite in the United States. The mostContinue Reading
NEW YORK’S MAIL BALLOT COUNTING WOES FADE WITH A LEGISLATIVE CURE AND THE EASING OF THE PANDEMIC
As the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the nation and the world in March of 2020, former Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered aContinue Reading
The Ruthless Midterm, August 2022 – Pundits Say Dems Will Lose House, but Polling Shows Them Gaining Ground
Election Day 2022 is November 8th and I’m worried about the fate of the Democrats in the House ofContinue Reading
California Teaches New York A Lesson on an Equitable Inflation Remedy for Its Residents
California concluded its state budget with Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature on June 30, choosing a different path than New YorkContinue Reading
Billions $ Keep Rolling into the NY State Treasury above Expectations; Here’s What to Do with the Money Before Legislators Leave Albany in Just a Few Weeks
The State adopted its budget on April 9 with substantial investments across the board in helping New Yorkers, from bigContinue Reading
THE RUTHLESS MIDTERM AND SOME CORE PRAGMATIC POINTS FOR THE DEMOCRATS
The midterm elections are November 8,2022, and redistricting is virtually over. The surging turnout of an electorate seeking to repudiateContinue Reading
NY DEMS, THE FIGHT TO HOLD THE HOUSE MAJORITY IS RIGHT HERE & RUNS STRAIGHT THROUGH THE NEW BROOKLYN-STATEN ISLAND CONGRESSIONAL SEAT
Lots of New York Democrats spend their falls campaigning in other parts of the country, heading to Pennsylvania or OhioContinue Reading
State Budget Paradox: Flush With Money & Spending Plans Plus a Big Dose of Caution; Is There Room for One More Big Program?
Pandemic Dollars + Improved Tax Receipts = Plenty to SpendGovernor Kathy Hochul released the New York State Executive Budget onContinue Reading
Hochul will release FY’23 Budget Jan. 18th; State has Surpluses but Could Face Cliff When Federal $ Run Out
Governor Kathy Hochul will release the FY’23 State budget tomorrow, Jan. 18th, 2022. The State Division of the Budget andContinue Reading
NY Assembly, Senate, Reject Commission Redistricting Maps – Return Them to Commission in a Process the Legislature Will Soon Take Over
On January 10th, 2022, the New York State Assembly and Senate voted down proposed Congressional, Assembly, and Senate district mapsContinue Reading
2022: A RUTHLESS MIDTERM
The 2022 election for political control of the House of Representatives will be an unpredictable and dramatic event. The decennialContinue Reading