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Contracts should be made public for the taxpayer before they are finally ratified Schenectady Daily Gazette,This is a link to an External Website
November 16, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Gov's Brave Talk New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
November 13, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Property Taxes: The Case for a Cap
October 30, 2008 :: Special Reports
New York State's Fiscal Meltdown
October 27, 2008
Income-Tax Idiocy New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
October 20, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
New York State’s Fiscal Reckoning City Journal,This is a link to an External Website
October 20, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
NY Fiscal Watch
October 06, 2008 :: News & Commentary
New York Bet Its Budget on Wall Street Wall Street Journal,This is a link to an External Website
October 04, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
The NY Impact of McCain, Obama Tax Plans
September 19, 2008 :: News & Commentary
If you're voting with your pocketbook, proceed with caution New York Daily News,This is a link to an External Website
September 17, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
High-Stakes Taxing
New York's Prospects Under the Next President's Tax Agenda
Complete report in PDF format
September 17, 2008 :: Special Reports
How local state lawmakers are ignoring your pleas on high taxes The Journal News,This is a link to an External Website
September 03, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Teachers Go Nuclear New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
August 15, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
It's the Spending New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
July 31, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Cap pressures government, not residents, to perform

Albany Times Union, July 20, 2008

Rocky's Wreckage New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
July 08, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Cap Those Taxes! New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
June 04, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Union Health Ripoff New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
May 12, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
The Empire Center's Web-based Spend-o-Meter
April 20, 2008
Tax Hike May Cause Capital to Take a Hike New York Sun,This is a link to an External Website
April 16, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Parsing the "Q-Poll" on Taxes

by E.J. McMahon

March 24, 2008 :: News & Commentary
New Governor, Same Challenges
Start Blazing New York Sun,This is a link to an External Website
March 18, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
After the Spitzer Storm Wall Street Journal,This is a link to an External Website
March 15, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Paterson's Challenges: Economic Woes New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
March 13, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Silver Changing Tune on Tax Cap?
February 26, 2008 :: News & Commentary
Eliot's Excellent Idea New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
January 10, 2008 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Big Apple's Bite New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
November 19, 2007 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Rangel's Knifing of New York New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
October 29, 2007 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Tackling NY's Taylor Law
Taylor Made: The Cost and Consequences of New York's Public-Sector Labor Laws

by Terry O'Neil and E.J. McMahon

Complete report in PDF format
October 17, 2007 :: Special Reports
Taylor Made: The Cost and Consequences of New York's Public-Sector Labor Laws Part 2

by Terry O'Neil and E.J. McMahon

October 17, 2007 :: Special Reports
State Pension Costs Continue To Climb
October 04, 2007 :: News & Commentary
No News is Bad News: NY Counties Still Among Most Heavily Taxed
September 12, 2007 :: News & Commentary
Spitzer's Intriguing Tax Cap Hint
August 29, 2007 :: News & Commentary
Rudy's Real Tax Record New York Daily News,This is a link to an External Website
August 06, 2007 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Property Tax Rebates: No Lasting Relief in Fiscal Pain Killer Rochester Democrat & Chronicle,This is a link to an External Website
July 22, 2007 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Legislative Budget by State

FY 2005, in millions

New York ranks third of all states
Accounting, Texas-Style The Wall Street Journal,This is a link to an External Website
May 29, 2007 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Total NY Tax Burden at Record Level
May 20, 2007 :: News & Commentary
A Look At the Legislature's Expenses
April 18, 2007
Testimony: The Case for Capping Property Taxes
April 17, 2007 :: News & Commentary
Assembly Issues Official Pork List
April 17, 2007 :: News & Commentary
E.J. McMahon Testimony: Real Property Taxation

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Senior Fellow for Tax and Budgetary Studies
April 17, 2007 :: Testimony
Tax-Code Chaos New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
April 16, 2007 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Albany Oink, '07-08 Edition
April 10, 2007 :: News & Commentary
A Noose for Big Firms The New York Sun,This is a link to an External Website
February 28, 2007 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Testimony of Edmund J. McMahon Before the Joint Fiscal Committees of the New York State LegislatureThis is a link to an External Website

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Senior Fellow for Tax and Budgetary Studies
February 28, 2007 :: Testimony
Med Alert for Gov to Rein in Health $$ New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
February 22, 2007 :: Op-Eds & Articles
The "$6 billion Tax Cut" That Gov. Spitzer Isn't (Quite) Proposing
January 08, 2007 :: News & Commentary
Fiscal Accountability a Must for Lawmakers Times Union of Albany,This is a link to an External Website
October 29, 2006 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Tax Breaks Won't Aid New York's Economy The Post Standard,This is a link to an External Website
June 27, 2006 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Legislature hands unions new weapons
June 21, 2006 :: News & Commentary
The Star Delusion: Faso, Spitzer Copy Gov's Fake Tax Cut New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
June 13, 2006 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Defusing New York's Pension Bomb

By E.J. McMahon, Director, Empire Center for New York State Policy

Director, Empire Center for New York State Policy
Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Complete report in PDF format
June 07, 2006 :: Special Reports
New Yorkers Skedaddle As Tax Climate Worsens The Wall Street Journal,This is a link to an External Website
March 15, 2006 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Higher taxes are the last thing we need
March 11, 2006 :: News & Commentary
Taxing and Spending in the Empire State: Overview of the 2006-07 Executive Budget

By E.J. McMahon, Director, Empire Center for New York State Policy

Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Empire Center Special Report 02-06
Complete report in PDF format
February 24, 2006 :: Special Reports
Proposed cigarette tax benefits butt-leggers The Post-Standard,This is a link to an External Website
February 07, 2006 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Spend Now, Cut Taxes Later
January 17, 2006 :: News & Commentary
Taxes and Consequences: The Gotham STAMP 2006 Computable General Equilibrium Model
Complete report in PDF format
December 29, 2005 :: Special Reports
Pricing the “Luxury Product”: New York City Taxes Under Mayor BloombergThis is a link to an External Website
Special Reports
All Taxes Great and Small The New York Sun,This is a link to an External Website
November 07, 2005 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Political Gas Pains
September 06, 2005 :: News & Commentary
Tax-and-Spend Legacy New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
July 28, 2005 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Legislators Keep Pushing Sweeter Pension Benefit Proposals
July 14, 2005 :: News & Commentary
The Biggest Public Pension Investment Policy Shift You've Probably Never Heard Of
June 13, 2005 :: News & Commentary
School Taxes Skyward
May 12, 2005 :: News & Commentary
Budget "Reform" Moves to Ballot
May 04, 2005 :: News & Commentary
Oink, Oink
April 29, 2005 :: News & Commentary
It's Alive
April 19, 2005 :: News & Commentary
Sticker Shock The National Review Online,This is a link to an External Website
April 19, 2005 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Another Middle-Class Tax? How the Federal AMT Hits New Yorkers

By E. J. McMahon, Director, Empire Center for New York State Policy

Empire Center Special Report 01-05
Complete report in PDF format
April 12, 2005 :: Special Reports
Another Middle-class Tax
April 11, 2005 :: News & Commentary
The Perils of Hiking the PIT
February 16, 2005 :: News & Commentary
E.J. McMahon Testimony: Joint Fiscal Committees of the New York State LegislatureThis is a link to an External Website

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Senior Fellow for Tax and Budgetary Studies
February 15, 2005 :: Testimony
W's NY Centric Tax Cuts New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
August 24, 2004 :: Op-Eds & Articles
The $36 Billion Bonus: New York's Gains from Federal Tax CutsThis is a link to an External Website

By E. J. McMahon

Civic Report 43
August 01, 2004 :: Related New York Policy Studies and Reports
N.Y. Tax Follies New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
June 24, 2004 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Albany's 'Debt'-End New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
May 19, 2004 :: Op-Eds & Articles
The Biggest Bonding Boondoggle New York Sun,This is a link to an External Website
July 28, 2003 :: Op-Eds & Articles
A Looming $torm New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
July 17, 2003 :: Op-Eds & Articles
The Hidden Tax Increase New York Sun,This is a link to an External Website
June 11, 2003 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Why 'Soaking the Rich' Is Poor Policy Barron's,This is a link to an External Website
May 19, 2003 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Taxing the Grandkids NY Post,This is a link to an External Website
May 07, 2003 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Taxing 'Til We Drop NY Post,This is a link to an External Website
May 05, 2003 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Erasing Giuliani's Tax Progress New York Sun,This is a link to an External Website
April 22, 2003 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Number of Legislators by State
February 19, 2003
Relying on the Rich New York Sun,This is a link to an External Website
February 11, 2003 :: Op-Eds & Articles
The Rift on City Taxes Is a Split With Suburbs' Newsday,This is a link to an External Website
October 31, 2002 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Deja Vu All Over Again: The Right Way to Cure New York's Looming Budget GapThis is a link to an External Website

By E. J. McMahon

Civic Report 29
October 01, 2002 :: Related New York Policy Studies and Reports
Next Year's Tax Hike New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
May 16, 2002 :: Op-Eds & Articles
New York City Council Subcommittee on Forecasting and Revenue This is a link to an External Website

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Senior Fellow
April 01, 2002 :: Testimony
It's the Spending New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
January 01, 2002 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Wrong Time for a Commuter Tax New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
December 17, 2001 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Mike Must Bite Bullet On Income Tax Hike NY Daily News,This is a link to an External Website
November 29, 2001 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Bush's Tax Cut: The Best for N.Y. New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
November 19, 2001 :: Op-Eds & Articles
New York's Savings from the New Tax Law: A Good Start, But Loose Ends RemainThis is a link to an External Website

By E. J. McMahon

Civic Report 18
July 01, 2001 :: Related New York Policy Studies and Reports
A 'Ladder' to Sky High School Taxes New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
December 26, 2000 :: Op-Eds & Articles
What Bush Should Have Said About Tax Cuts The Wall Street Journal,This is a link to an External Website
October 19, 2000 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Rick, Hill & Tax Cuts For NY New York Post,This is a link to an External Website
October 18, 2000 :: Op-Eds & Articles
Campaign 2000 Tax Proposals: What They Mean for New YorkersThis is a link to an External Website

By E. J. McMahon

Civic Report 15
October 01, 2000 :: Related New York Policy Studies and Reports

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