Taxpayers from around the state held a small but boisterous rally in Albany today to show support for Governor Cuomo’s proposed 2% property tax cap, which has been passed in the state Senate but is stalled in the Assembly. Read More
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Woe betides Long Island commuters this week. Sunday, a passenger-less Amtrak train derailed under the East River. Because Amtrak and LIRR share quarters in this tight space, the severe damage to Amtrak's rails that ensued has hit the MTA's Long Island Rail Road. Read More
Over at the New York Times's message board, many commenters have reacted to Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to lay off teachers with some version of: "why not just tax the rich more?" Read More
This blog focuses on New York. But the new managers of the Xanadu-cum- "American-Dream@Meadowlands" mall project over in Jersey noted helpfully yesterday that "Manhattan can see us." Read More
Amid speculation that passage of a property tax cap covering most of New York State will hinge on the fate of New York City's rent regulations, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has shot down a proposal to cap taxes on some city apartment buildings. Read More
Upstate school districts are showing more fiscal restraint than their downstate counterparts in proposed 2011-12 school budgets, according to an analysis issued today by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More
Public-sector labor leaders generally respond to any proposed reform of their collective bargaining privileges with angry cries of "Union buster!" and "Wisconsin!" But what will the unions say after such reforms are adopted in ... Massachusetts? Read More
Proposed school tax levies in New York for 2011-12 would rise by an average of 2.9 percent**, well above Gov. Cuomo's proposed 2 percent tax levy cap, according to the Property Tax Report Card released this morning by the state Education Department. Read More