There has been a sharp and growing economic divide between upstate and downstate. Read More
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At stake is not only the quality of care for 20 million New Yorkers, but also the fate of a fifth of the economy and the livelihoods of 1.2 million health workers. Read More
Governor Cuomo frequently has . But the unemployment rate, in particular, can be greatly misleading as an indicator of economic growth—or the lack of it. To understand why, it's important to consider how these statistics are gathered and calculated Read More
The charts and tables in this section are based on private establishment data from the , or QCEW, as prepared by the New York State Department of Labor in cooperation with the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. The base period of comparison is the Read More
The highest earning one percent of New York City residents generated 43 percent of city income taxes and 51 percent of the New York State income taxes collected from individuals living in the city as of 2016, according to newly released data from the Independent Budget Office (IBO). The IBO's latest tax liability estimates highlight once again New York's heavy dependence on the top 1 percent, for which the income cut point as of 2016 was $713,706. Read More
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