Speaker: DANIEL GUNDERSEN MR. EDMUND J. MCMAHON: One of the recessive genes of the Manhattan Institute is that everything is always on time, and I'm happy to report to you again -- it's a dominant gene, actually - Read More
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Speaker: PAUL HAGSTROM JULIA VITULLO-MARTIN: When we were first putting this conference together - we came up with a list of subjects that we thought were essential. And at the top of the list, was immigration. An Read More
JULIA VITULLO-MARTINJ: We have about 15 minutes, a little bit more for Q and A. So, you can address your questions to a specific panel member or to the panel in general. Yes. Oh, and would you give your name and affiliation. Read More
Speaker: JOHN O. NORQUIST JULIA VITULLO-MARTIN: Good Morning. I'm Julia Vitullo-Martin. I'm the Director of the Center for Rethinking Development at the Manhattan Institute. I'd like to welcome everybody here toda Read More
A distinguished panel of urban scholars and experts gathered in Albany to discuss how upstate cities can resurrect themselves. Read More
New York was number-one in the nation in elementary and secondary public school spending in 2004-05, according to newly released Census Bureau data. Public elementary and secondary schools in the Empire State spent $14,119 per pupil -- 62 percent Read More
New York's total average tax burden has reached the highest level on record for the Empire State, according to an analysis of Tax Foundation data by the Manhattan Institute's Empire Center for Public Policy. The shows the combined federal, state Read More
Gov. Spitzer has signed an executive order that will allow two of New York's most powerful public employee unions to organize groups of government-subsidized in-home day-care workers. E.J. McMahon, director of the Empire Center, dissected the cost Read More