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Some New York local governments  are soliciting input from residents as they decide how to spend  billions in pandemic emergency dollars Read More

Local governments across every region of the state raked in robust sales tax collections during the three months that ended on June 30th Read More

The quest for comprehensive data on New York's coronavirus pandemic hit a bureaucratic roadblock this week Read More

State agencies paid out a total of $851.4 million in overtime pay in 2020, an $18.7 million increase from 2019. Read More

A newly published study of COVID-19 in nursing homes links larger numbers of employees to higher rates of infection and death for residents – raising fresh doubts about New York's recently enacted "safe staffing" law Read More

The full payroll records of more than 2,400 de facto state employees are available to the public for the first time after being released by Health Research Inc. Read More

New York schools are to post publicly today plans for spending a huge pile of unexpected and unbudgeted cash. Read More

Extending the budget window reveals large, yawning budget gaps growing from nearly $8 billion in 2026 to nearly $20 billion by the end of the decade. Read More

Now that the COVID-19 "emergency" is in the rearview mirror, how far is New York's economy from its pre-pandemic normal level? Read More

Remote work and a more mobile professional class will increase the speed and scope of New York's ongoing out migration. Read More

New York's Medicaid and Child Health Plus programs added three-quarters of a million enrollees during the coronavirus pandemic, roughly matching the pace of a national surge in sign-ups. Read More

Personal income in New York bounced back more slowly than the national average during the first quarter of this year, according to new data Read More