New York's state tax base would take another huge hit under over the next 10 years. Our on the tax plans of the presidential candidates explained that changes in federal tax rates have a direct impact on the income tax revenues of New York State Read More
Goldman Sachs its earnings today, with a $3.4 billion profit for the quarter. For the three months of the year ended in June, Goldman's spending on workers' salaries and benefits was up 47 percent from the , to $6.6 billion. This compensation spen Read More
The Empire State will "shell out nearly $1 million to construct signs to put up near stimulus-funded projects, just to tell us it's a stimulus-funded project," . Governor Paterson doesn't seem to have a problem with it, though. Read More
New Orleans will sign an agreement with France's Veolia Environnement under which Veolia will "finance, manage, and operate" the city's signature streetcars as well as its bus lines, the Wall Street Journal . The deal could save New Orlean Read More
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Here's a rule of thumb for interpreting news media coverage of state and local fiscal crises: the further away the crisis is, the more likely the news account will portray the officials reponsible as victims of economic forces beyond their control. Read More
The dubious pension "amortization" that was the subject was defeated on the floor of the state Senate in the early hours of this morning. Senate sources say the vote was 34-28, with four five Read More
It seems likely the will take up and re-pass all the bills approved during its legally questionable June 30 "session," perhaps as soon as this evening. While the governor and others have described the bills awaiting Senate action for the past month Read More
The retail-sales report for June contains two bits of information that aren't great for New York. Read More
Wall Street may have one last party, and it could come at the expense of its hometown and home state getting their houses in order. New York could better get on with life if President Obama and Congress would figure out how they're going to approac Read More
Last week, Fiscal Watch if the $3.2 billion in IOUs that the State of California is issuing in lieu of cash payments are Constituti Read More
Today’s New York Times that state and local government tax-funded pension contributions in New York may triple over the next five years should come as no surprise to anyone who has made an effort to understand the current system and its p Read More