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Will Cuomo punt? New York Post, May 09, 2013
State deal doesn't help Buffalo fans Albany Times Union, April 02, 2013
Quacks like a mess New York Post, April 01, 2013
There they go again New York Post, March 18, 2013
A risky budget gimmick New York Post, March 11, 2013
Governor Cuomo should push harder on arbitration Newsday, February 24, 2013
Koch as Remarkable, If Temporary, New York Savior Bloomberg View, February 02, 2013
A threat to pension solvency Albany Times Union, January 29, 2013
Gov's hidden perils New York Post, January 28, 2013
The feds squeeze NY's golden geese New York Post, January 07, 2013
Transformation, not New York Post, December 19, 2012
Fixing NY Medicaid New York Post, December 17, 2012
Empire on the edge New York Post, December 03, 2012
Funds could help state streamline services Albany Times Union, November 26, 2012
The rebuilding bill New York Post, November 02, 2012
Andrew's next test New York Post, October 29, 2012
Medicaid Is Broken - Let the States Fix It Wall Street Journal, October 11, 2012
Tax-hike fantasies New York Post, October 08, 2012
New York State also has its '47 percent' Newsday, September 27, 2012
No cheap or easy way to replace Indian Point nuclear power plant Newsday, September 20, 2012
Steve Bellone should embrace transparency Newsday, September 13, 2012
Cuomo can help save ailing local governments Newsday, September 09, 2012
New York’s health-care time bomb New York Post, September 07, 2012
Suffolk police pact still leaves questions Newsday, August 16, 2012
Mission creep on welfare reform New York Daily News, August 13, 2012
Suffolk cop deal is no big win for taxpayers Newsday, August 04, 2012
New York State's teetering financial structure Newsday, July 19, 2012
Why teacher pension costs will keep rising Newsday (Viewsday Blog), July 07, 2012
Here come new school-funding suits Newsday, June 28, 2012
What the Obamacare ruling means for New York New York Daily News, June 28, 2012
Union deal will add to Tappan Zee Bridge cost Newsday, June 21, 2012
NY's $51.71-an-hour summer job New York Post, June 21, 2012
Higher minimum wage bad for jobs Newsday, June 14, 2012
Wisconsin vote empowers Cuomo Newsday, June 07, 2012
Taxpayers lose in pension gamble Newsday, May 31, 2012
Lessons from a costly LIRR tunnel Newsday, May 24, 2012
School tax power shifts to voters Newsday, May 17, 2012
Patients hurt in insurance fight Newsday, May 10, 2012
More than wages for the working poor Albany Times Union, May 10, 2012
The biggest expenses in education Newsday, May 03, 2012
Problems in Yonkers look familiar Newsday, April 26, 2012
Tax cap doesn't always equal 2% Newsday, April 19, 2012
Gov’s health end-run New York Post, April 17, 2012
Look out, NYers, the taxman cometh Newsday, April 12, 2012
Down the road...more costs for NY Newsday, April 05, 2012
The perils of Cuomo's Medicaid reform New York Post, April 04, 2012
Cuomo curbs spending -- for now Newsday, March 29, 2012
Unions v. NY youth New York Post, March 23, 2012
Medicaid AWOL from budget debate Newsday, March 22, 2012
Don't believe Cuomo's pension hype Newsday, March 18, 2012
Albany's got to grow the economy Newsday, March 15, 2012
Hunger hypocrisy in New York Washington Examiner, March 15, 2012
Without this fix, it’s not reform New York Post, March 10, 2012
Suffolk needs state control law Newsday, March 08, 2012
Guv goes squishy on pension reform Newsday, March 01, 2012
DC plans have some advantages Syracuse Post-Standard, February 26, 2012
New York has a public pension crisis fix Washington Examiner, February 24, 2012
Nassau's wildly lavish police pay Newsday, February 23, 2012
NY, seek a smarter pension reform Newsday, February 16, 2012
State should take over SSI payment function Syracuse Post-Standard, February 13, 2012
National recovery leaves NY behind Newsday, February 09, 2012
NY's still too business-unfriendly Newsday, February 02, 2012
The real NY minimum wage New York Post, February 02, 2012
Cuomo's Pivot City Journal, February 01, 2012
Triborough blocks fiscal sanity Newsday, January 26, 2012
A meaningful new try on pensions Newsday, January 19, 2012
Drop Triborough Amendment to control expenses Buffalo News, January 16, 2012
A Silver bullet -- aimed at jobs Newsday, January 12, 2012
Cuomo is wrong about food stamps New York Daily News, January 12, 2012
Cuomo's big idea looks like 1970s Newsday, January 05, 2012
For $62 million, N.Y. had better create jobs Albany Times Union, December 15, 2011
Spend, spend, spend New York Post, December 10, 2011
More Revenue, More Spending New York Times, December 09, 2011
Gov blows smoke on tax hikes New York Post, December 05, 2011
Cuomo’s Big Tests National Review Online, November 10, 2011
Cuomo's big stall New York Post, November 10, 2011
The Many Myths of the Millionaire Tax New York Post, October 12, 2011
Why labor could afford to slap the gov New York Post, September 28, 2011
Why the PA should sell off the WTC New York Post, August 22, 2011
Pension Fund Risks In Wild Market Politico, August 19, 2011
Out of the Tunnel? New York Post, August 16, 2011
Savior of the Empire State City Journal, August 01, 2011
NY's unaffordable pension system Newsday, July 27, 2011
Stabbed in the back New York Post, June 25, 2011
Mike’s Budget Battle New York Post, June 17, 2011
Tweaks Won't Reform NY State Pension Crain's New York Business, May 29, 2011
A poison pill for the tax cap? New York Post, May 26, 2011
Will Cuomo's fix go far enough? New York Post, May 18, 2011
Poison pills for the gov's tax-cap New York Post, May 13, 2011
NY's stealth tax hike New York Post, April 15, 2011
Blame It On The Pols New York Post, April 11, 2011
Cuomo Scores With Budget New York Post, March 29, 2011
Make public disclosures simpler Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, March 13, 2011
Cuomo's tied down New York Post, February 28, 2011
A Cure, or a Bandage New York Times, February 07, 2011
Court In The Middle New York Post, February 04, 2011
Gov Comes Down on Taxpayers’ Side New York Post, January 31, 2011
State Bankruptcy Is a Bad Idea Wall Street Journal, January 24, 2011
Mike Bloomberg's pension misfire New York Post, January 21, 2011
Andrew Cuomo Talked Tough, But His Budget Actions Left Something To Be Desired New York Daily News, January 07, 2011
Right target, Andrew New York Post, January 05, 2011
Limits on spending and property tax caps are critical Times Union, January 02, 2011
Public vs. private retirements New York Post, December 19, 2010
This Bomb Just Stopped Ticking New York Post, December 08, 2010
Empire of Excess December 01, 2010
Cuomo's Nassau Test New York Post, November 29, 2010
A bat for the gov New York Post, November 15, 2010
Now comes the real fight New York Post, November 03, 2010
NY Needs Answers New York Post, October 18, 2010
A $205 Billion Bomb New York Post, October 13, 2010
The Employer Rush To NY's Exits New York Post, October 07, 2010
State Budget Built On Shaky Foundation Syracuse Post-Standard, October 05, 2010
Obama puts public sector employees ahead of private sector Washington Examiner, September 15, 2010
Is New York ungovernable? Syracuse Post-Standard, August 29, 2010
The Bucks Stop Here City Journal, August 19, 2010
More Stimulus Poison New York Post, August 06, 2010
The man who saved New York New York Post, July 25, 2010
The Empire State's Stimulus Addiction Wall Street Journal, July 02, 2010
Ugly Budget -- But a Pretty Precedent New York Post, June 30, 2010
NY's War on Golden Geese New York Post, June 15, 2010
After Property Tax Cap, Cuomo Plan Gets Soft New York Post, May 27, 2010
Can States Fix Their Pension Problems? New York Times, May 20, 2010
Reading NY's School-Budget Votes New York Post, May 20, 2010
New York's latest job killer New York Daily News, May 19, 2010
Dave's Last Chance New York Post, April 28, 2010
New York Public School Staffs Grow While Enrollment Drops Journal News, April 04, 2010
Albany's Phantom Health Savings New York Post, April 04, 2010
Freeze Pay For Teachers To Save Jobs, Programs Buffalo News, March 23, 2010
N.Y. Public Workers Thrived Amid Misery Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, March 21, 2010
The Ravitch Plan Won't Save New York Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2010
A Ravitch Rescue? New York Post, March 08, 2010
The Gov NY Needs New York Post, March 03, 2010
Empire of Excess Wall Street Journal, February 12, 2010
Derailing New York New York Post, February 10, 2010
Pay Moynihan's Tax Lessons for the States Wall Street Journal, February 06, 2010
NY Taxes: Headed For a New High New York Post, February 04, 2010
Grading the Gov's Budget New York Post, January 23, 2010
Don't waste school aid crisis Newsday, January 18, 2010
Fixing What's Broke New York Post, January 05, 2010
Freeze Wages Now New York Post, November 02, 2009
An Outsourcing Opportunity City Journal, October 01, 2009
Tax High, People Fly City Journal, October 01, 2009
California, Here We Come New York Post, September 28, 2009
Defusing the Pension Bomb City Journal, September 01, 2009
The affordable-housing pact: A flawed remedy for suburbs Journal News, August 30, 2009
The High-Tax Trap New York Post, August 03, 2009
N.Y. Labor Unions Are Biting The Hand that Fattens Them New York Daily News, July 23, 2009
Sledgehammer Hit To Crumbling Empire State New York Post, July 16, 2009
To Fix Pension Peril New York Post, July 13, 2009
Defuse the Pension Bomb New York Post, July 09, 2009
The Budget New York Needs City Journal, July 01, 2009
Gov. Paterson turned his back on property tax cap Newsday, June 05, 2009
NY's Pension Peril New York Post, June 01, 2009
Leaving Homeowners In The Lurch New York Post, May 15, 2009
How New York Stokes Dependency New York Post, April 30, 2009
New York's Budget Targets the Golden Eggs New York Post, April 03, 2009
Dave's Layoff Delay New York Post, March 27, 2009
Spendaholics New York Post, March 12, 2009
NY Without Wall Street New York Post, February 11, 2009
"Millionaire Tax" is a Bad Idea Post-Journal, February 10, 2009
Soaking rich would hurt NY Albany Times Union, February 09, 2009
The concept of 'shared sacrifice' eludes local school districts Journal News, January 30, 2009
Stimulus’ Slaps NY Taxpayers New York Post, January 27, 2009
Dems have a taxing plan New York Daily News, January 23, 2009
Albany needs a whole lot more sunshine Newsday, January 16, 2009
Paterson’s goal is sure to drive prices even higher Buffalo News, January 16, 2009
MTA's Fatal Dodge New York Post, January 11, 2009
A Just Plain Terrible Tax Proposal New York Post, December 05, 2008
Gov's Brave Talk New York Post, November 13, 2008
Income-Tax Idiocy New York Post, October 20, 2008
Gold-Plated Pensions New York Post, October 08, 2008
Cross Country: New York Bet Its Budget on Wall Street Wall Street Journal, October 04, 2008
Running on empty New York Post, September 16, 2008
If You're Voting With Your Pocketbook, Proceed With Caution New York Daily News, September 16, 2008
New York State's Fiscal Reckoning City Journal, September 01, 2008
Teachers Go Nuclear New York Post, August 15, 2008
It's the Spending New York Post, July 31, 2008
Rocky's Wreckage New York Post, July 08, 2008
Cap Those Taxes New York Post, June 04, 2008
Albany's pork spending should be ended, not mended The Post-Standard, May 12, 2008
Union Health Ripoff New York Post, May 12, 2008
Keep Capital in New York New York Sun, April 16, 2008
School plan still can be a success Times Union, April 08, 2008
Budget Blues New York Post, April 07, 2008
Welfare Rip-Off New York Post, March 29, 2008
Gov's Power Woes New York Post, March 24, 2008
Start Blazing New York Sun, March 18, 2008
After the Spitzer Storm Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2008
Paterson's Challenges: Economic Woes New York Post, March 13, 2008
To the Moon, Eliot Spitzer Keeps Spending New York Post, January 24, 2008
Eliot's Excellent Idea New York Post, January 10, 2008
A Question for Hillary Wall Street Journal, January 05, 2008
Big Apple's Bite New York Post, November 19, 2007
Crunch Time for the TWU New York Post, November 08, 2007
Rangel's Knifing of New York New York Post, October 29, 2007
N.Y.'s Falling Incomes New York Post, September 21, 2007
Bush Right to Curb Insurance 'Crowd Out' Times Union of Albany, September 04, 2007
The Downturn & N.Y. New York Post, August 17, 2007
Rudy's Real Tax Record New York Daily News, August 06, 2007
Property Tax Rebates: No Lasting Relief in Fiscal Pain Killer Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, July 22, 2007
Pensions & Plunder New York Post, July 19, 2007
NY's Legal Plague New York Post, July 05, 2007
Eliot's Big Test New York Post, June 25, 2007
Babying Unions New York Post, May 15, 2007
Tax-Code Chaos New York Post, April 16, 2007
What the Gov Got New York Post, April 02, 2007
Googling NY's Books New York Post, March 15, 2007
A Noose for Big Firms The New York Sun, February 28, 2007
Med Alert for Gov to Rein in Health $$ New York Post, February 22, 2007
Eliot's Spending Surge New York Post, February 01, 2007
Awaiting Spitzer's Budget New York Sun, January 29, 2007
Doctoring Medicaid New York Sun, January 25, 2007
Mike's Pension Misfire New York Post, January 22, 2007
Eliot's Mixed Bag New York Post, January 04, 2007
Early Belt-Tightening Led to Squander Poughkeepsie Journal, January 02, 2007
Welfare Wonder New York Post, December 10, 2006
School Sanity New York Post, November 21, 2006
Spitzer Catches a Break on Medicaid New York Sun, November 16, 2006
Eliot Spitzer, Beware the Budget Process Syracuse.com, November 14, 2006
Eliot's Tough Talk New York Post, November 08, 2006
NY Budget Blues New York Post, November 01, 2006
Fiscal Accountability a Must for Lawmakers Times Union of Albany, October 29, 2006
Two years later, much is undone The Post-Standard, October 17, 2006
Medicaid Misses New York Post, September 19, 2006
Gas Pains New York Post, September 06, 2006
Public jobs remain plentiful Syracuse.com, September 05, 2006
Public Pension Price Tag The Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2006
Fiscal Time Bomb August 10, 2006
Ponderous Government is Crushing Opportunity Syracuse.com, August 01, 2006
Tax and Spend Legacy New York Post, July 28, 2006
Drunken Sailors New York Post, July 05, 2006
Tax Breaks Won't Aid New York's Economy Syracuse Post-Standard, June 27, 2006
Mandated benefits a costly idea Albany, Times Union, June 18, 2006
The Star Delusion: Faso, Spitzer Copy Gov's Fake Tax Cut New York Post, June 13, 2006
New York's Pension Peril New York Post, June 08, 2006
Spending isn't answer for all problems The Post-Standard, May 23, 2006
Pigs-in-a-Blanket Veto New York Times, April 23, 2006
Lame Duck Quacking New York Post, April 19, 2006
Legislators should tell where pork money goes The Post-Standard, April 18, 2006
Confused Courts The New York Post, March 27, 2006
Welfare reform requires adjusting The Syracuse Post-Standard, March 15, 2006
New Yorkers Skedaddle As Tax Climate Worsens The Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2006
Proposed cigarette tax benefits butt-leggers The Post-Standard, February 07, 2006
NYC strike will affect taxpayers in Upstate The Syracuse Post-Standard, December 27, 2005
Lessons of the Strike: Pension Pickle The New York Post, December 23, 2005
Blame Albany The New York Post, December 22, 2005
Pension Madness The New York Post, December 19, 2005
New York Crime Hits a Tipping Point City Journal, December 01, 2005
Reforming the 'budget reform' proposition The Post-Standard, November 29, 2005
All Taxes Great and Small The New York Sun, November 07, 2005
Measure isn't the reform it poses as The Post-Standard, November 01, 2005
Voters Have Say on Future Spending The Post-Standard, October 04, 2005
Gas Pains New York Post, September 06, 2005
Property Tax Plan Has Hidden Hefty Bite The Post-Standard, August 23, 2005
The City's Governor New York Times, August 07, 2005
Tax-and-Spend Legacy New York Post, July 28, 2005
Bill's cost could be impossible to count The Post-Standard, July 26, 2005
Rating Mayor Mike City Journal, July 01, 2005
Competitive Sourcing Can Save Millions The Post-Standard, June 21, 2005
State policies driving up insurance cost The Post-Standard, May 24, 2005
Two Faces of Mike New York Post, May 06, 2005
Albany has plenty left to repair April 19, 2005
Sticker Shock The National Review Online, April 19, 2005
Budget Hoax New York Post, March 30, 2005
Tax cit requires new laws The Post-Standard, March 22, 2005
NY's Road to Ruin New York Post, March 16, 2005
Welfare reform requires adjusting The Post-Standard, March 15, 2005
Like There's No Tomorrow New York Sun, March 08, 2005
Pension plan needs adjusting Pension plan needs adjusting, February 22, 2005
NY's Prisons Emptying Out New York Post, February 08, 2005
Time to end misuse of authorities The Post-Standard, February 08, 2005
Start the Revolution New York Daily News, January 09, 2005
Same Man, Same Problem New York Post, January 06, 2005
Gotham's Fiscal Crisis: Lessons Unlearned By E.J. McMahon and Fred Siegel, The Public Interest, Winter 2005, January 01, 2005
Budget reform is budget de-form The Post Standard, December 14, 2004
Fiscal Fantasy New York Post, December 01, 2004
Book Review: Eroding Liberty New York Post, November 21, 2004
Ferry Foolish New York Post, November 08, 2004
Book Review: Jobs Scandal New York Post, October 24, 2004
W's NY Centric Tax Cuts New York Post, August 24, 2004
Saving NY's Schools New York Post, July 14, 2004
N.Y. Tax Follies New York Post, June 24, 2004
Albany's 'Debt'-End New York Post, May 19, 2004
NYC's Sea of Red New York Post, 4-27-04, April 27, 2004
San Diego Needs Fundamental Pension Reform San Diego Union-Tribune, April 23, 2004
A half-baked effort at budget reform Times Union, April 02, 2004
The Price Of Better Schools: But Who Pays The Piper? New York Post, March 30, 2004
Better Late Than Larger New York Post, March 08, 2004
Question Authorities New York Post, February 26, 2004
A City Savings Spree New York Post, February 16, 2004
Return to dependency? New York Post, January 27, 2004
Tale of Two Speeches New York Post, 1-9-04, January 09, 2004
Defusing the Pension Bomb New York Post, December 19, 2003
Bringing Competition to Albany New York Sun, December 11, 2003
NY's Woes Remain New York Post, 10-31-03, October 31, 2003
To Keep People in New York City, Cut Costs Gotham Gazette, September 29, 2003
To Save N.Y.C. New York Post, September 19, 2003
The Biggest Bonding Boondoggle New York Sun, July 28, 2003
Mike's Mixed Bag New York Post, July 27, 2003
A Looming Storm New York Post, July 17, 2003
The Hidden Tax Increase New York Sun, June 11, 2003
Why 'Soaking the Rich' Is Poor Policy Barron's, May 19, 2003
Gouging the Metro Area New York Post, May 16, 2003
Taxing the Grandkids NY Post, May 07, 2003
Taxing 'Til We Drop NY Post, May 05, 2003
Erasing Giuliani's Tax Progress New York Sun, April 22, 2003
Doomsday for Real New York Post, April 16, 2003
Silver's Risky Budget Game New York Post, March 19, 2003
With Pals Like These, Who Needs Enemies? Newsday, March 12, 2003
Relying on the Rich New York Sun, February 11, 2003
Tale of Two Budgets New York Post, February 03, 2003
The Return of George I National Review Online, January 28, 2003
A Win for N.Y. New York Post, January 13, 2003
Rotten 'Reform' New York Post, November 14, 2002
Now, the Hard Part New York Post, November 06, 2002
The Rift on City Taxes Is a Split With Suburbs' Newsday, October 31, 2002
Pataki's 'Progress' New York Post, October 08, 2002
Botched Cleanup: New York City's & state's post-9/11 fiscal failure New York Post, August 22, 2002
Gotham Corp: Sell New York Post, June 24, 2002
Next Year's Tax Hike New York Post, May 16, 2002
Small Change New York Post, April 19, 2002
A Killer of a Living Wage New York Post, March 20, 2002
It's Still 'Borrow and Spend' in New York Newsday, February 28, 2002
Bloomberg's Misplaced (Compassionate) Side Gotham Gazette, February 18, 2002
Mike's Dangerous Budget Temptation New York Post, February 11, 2002
Pataki's Smaller Gov't New York Post, February 05, 2002
City Won't Bleed From Bloomberg's Ax Newsday, January 04, 2002
It's the Spending New York Post, January 01, 2002
Wrong Time for a Commuter Tax New York Post, December 17, 2001
Mike Must Bite Bullet On Income Tax Hike NY Daily News, November 29, 2001
Bush's Tax Cut: The Best Boost for N.Y. New York Post, November 19, 2001
They Don't Get It New York Post, October 25, 2001
City Power: Don't Gamble on State Budget Fixes Newsday, October 13, 2001
A Blast to N.Y.'s Budget New York Post, October 02, 2001
Pataki Power Play: Gov Should Call Lawmakers' Budget Bluff New York Post, July 31, 2001
Turning the Page New York Post, July 09, 2001
Worse City Budget News Ahead New York Post, July 01, 2001
Rudy's Tax Cuts Don't Go Far Enough New York Post, April 25, 2001
A Risky Precedent New York Post, April 13, 2001
W.'s Gift to New York City Journal, March 05, 2001
A Risky Debt 'Reform' New York Post, February 11, 2001
The Blunders of '66 New York Post, January 03, 2001
A 'Ladder' to Sky-High School Taxes New York Post, December 26, 2000
What Bush Should Have Said About Tax Cuts The Wall Street Journal, October 19, 2000
Rick, Hill & Tax Cuts For NY New York Post, October 18, 2000
Al's Middle-Class Tax Targets New York Post, October 11, 2000
Bizarre Tax-Cut Presentations Don't Add Up New York Post, September 05, 2000
NYC Jobs In Jeopardy New York Post, July 24, 2000
The Taxpayer: Last Again New York Post, June 28, 2000