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
A new report from Unshackle Upstate, a coalition of business groups and trade associations, is recommended reading for New Yorkers concerned about the growing burden of state and local taxes. Read More
The Fed and President Obama got the headlines they wanted. The NYT wrote Friday that the Fed will propose "," while the WSJ said that "." The rules could mean a change in the mechanics of financial compensation, and thus for Read More