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Unlike other states, New York has avoided massive layoffs and furloughs of public employees to close recurring budget gaps. That could change. Newsday : Gov. David A. Paterson and some lawmakers are raising the spect Read More

NY on road to IOU-land, too If David Paterson truly is determined to remain governor of New York, it might help if he started acting like one. Read More

Sometimes the credit crisis seems like last year's news. At least, you would think so if you looked at projected Wall Street bonuses and New York City and State public spending. But a new Moody's report shows how the crisis continues to impact Read More

My suggests that, thanks to Governor Paterson's lack of leadership, New York State is sliding faster towards a fiscal abyss. Read More

Next week's Democratic primary runoff for New York City comptroller--a choice between two City Council members--is both more interesting and more important than it might appear on the surface, Nicole in the New York Post.   She notes that Read More

Up to 37 percent of New Yorkers currently lacking health insurance would be encouraged to purchase their own coverage if the price was reduced through reform of state insurance regulations, according to a new study issued today by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More

The Empire Center explored these market-based reforms for New York's uninsured at a policy forum in Albany. Read More

The Empire Center has posted the annual salaries of 179,000 local government employees in New York, including a retired Town of Clarkstown police officer Thomas Purtill who took home $543,416 during a 12-month period. Read More