Op-Eds & Articles
- Dems want to increase New York’s already heavy tax burden New York Post, September 07, 2013
- Albany not helping NYC avoid fate of Detroit Newsday, August 13, 2013
- Get a Handle on the City’s Tax Policies Room for Debate – New York Times, August 13, 2013
- Balancing books: Spitzer’s weakness New York Daily News, July 09, 2013
- NYC’s high taxes should be a top mayoral issue amNewYork, June 17, 2013
- Cuomo’s casino gift to unions Syracuse Post-Standard, June 14, 2013
- Escaping ObamaCare New York Post, June 12, 2013
- No, New York Beats California in Sprint to Last Place Bloomberg , June 12, 2013
- Will Cuomo punt? New York Post, May 09, 2013
- State deal doesn’t help Buffalo fans Albany Times Union, April 02, 2013
- Quacks like a mess New York Post, April 01, 2013
- There they go again New York Post, March 18, 2013
- A risky budget gimmick New York Post, March 11, 2013
- Governor Cuomo should push harder on arbitration Newsday, February 24, 2013
- Koch as Remarkable, If Temporary, New York Savior Bloomberg View, February 02, 2013
- A threat to pension solvency Albany Times Union, January 29, 2013
- Gov’s hidden perils New York Post, January 28, 2013
- The feds squeeze NY’s golden geese New York Post, January 07, 2013
- Transformation, not New York Post, December 19, 2012
- Fixing NY Medicaid New York Post, December 17, 2012
- Empire on the edge New York Post, December 03, 2012
- Funds could help state streamline services Albany Times Union, November 26, 2012
- The rebuilding bill New York Post, November 02, 2012
- Andrew’s next test New York Post, October 29, 2012
- Medicaid Is Broken – Let the States Fix It Wall Street Journal, October 11, 2012
- Tax-hike fantasies New York Post, October 08, 2012
- New York State also has its ’47 percent’ Newsday, September 27, 2012
- No cheap or easy way to replace Indian Point nuclear power plant Newsday, September 20, 2012
- Steve Bellone should embrace transparency Newsday, September 13, 2012
- Cuomo can help save ailing local governments Newsday, September 09, 2012
- New York’s health-care time bomb New York Post, September 07, 2012
- Suffolk police pact still leaves questions Newsday, August 16, 2012
- Mission creep on welfare reform New York Daily News, August 13, 2012
- Suffolk cop deal is no big win for taxpayers Newsday, August 04, 2012
- New York State’s teetering financial structure Newsday, July 19, 2012
- Why teacher pension costs will keep rising Newsday (Viewsday Blog), July 07, 2012
- Here come new school-funding suits Newsday, June 28, 2012
- What the Obamacare ruling means for New York New York Daily News, June 28, 2012
- Union deal will add to Tappan Zee Bridge cost Newsday, June 21, 2012
- NY’s $51.71-an-hour summer job New York Post, June 21, 2012
- Higher minimum wage bad for jobs Newsday, June 14, 2012
- Wisconsin vote empowers Cuomo Newsday, June 07, 2012
- Taxpayers lose in pension gamble Newsday, May 31, 2012
- Lessons from a costly LIRR tunnel Newsday, May 24, 2012
- School tax power shifts to voters Newsday, May 17, 2012
- Patients hurt in insurance fight Newsday, May 10, 2012
- More than wages for the working poor Albany Times Union, May 10, 2012
- The biggest expenses in education Newsday, May 03, 2012
- Problems in Yonkers look familiar Newsday, April 26, 2012
- Tax cap doesn’t always equal 2% Newsday, April 19, 2012
- Gov’s health end-run New York Post, April 17, 2012
- Look out, NYers, the taxman cometh Newsday, April 12, 2012
- Down the road…more costs for NY Newsday, April 05, 2012
- The perils of Cuomo’s Medicaid reform New York Post, April 04, 2012
- Cuomo curbs spending — for now Newsday, March 29, 2012
- Unions v. NY youth New York Post, March 23, 2012
- Medicaid AWOL from budget debate Newsday, March 22, 2012
- Don’t believe Cuomo’s pension hype Newsday, March 18, 2012
- Albany’s got to grow the economy Newsday, March 15, 2012
- Hunger hypocrisy in New York Washington Examiner, March 15, 2012
- Without this fix, it’s not reform New York Post, March 10, 2012
- Suffolk needs state control law Newsday, March 08, 2012
- Guv goes squishy on pension reform Newsday, March 01, 2012
- DC plans have some advantages Syracuse Post-Standard, February 26, 2012
- New York has a public pension crisis fix Washington Examiner, February 24, 2012
- Nassau’s wildly lavish police pay Newsday, February 23, 2012
- NY, seek a smarter pension reform Newsday, February 16, 2012
- State should take over SSI payment function Syracuse Post-Standard, February 13, 2012
- National recovery leaves NY behind Newsday, February 09, 2012
- NY’s still too business-unfriendly Newsday, February 02, 2012
- The real NY minimum wage New York Post, February 02, 2012
- Cuomo’s Pivot City Journal, February 01, 2012
- Triborough blocks fiscal sanity Newsday, January 26, 2012
- A meaningful new try on pensions Newsday, January 19, 2012
- Drop Triborough Amendment to control expenses Buffalo News, January 16, 2012
- A Silver bullet — aimed at jobs Newsday, January 12, 2012
- Cuomo is wrong about food stamps New York Daily News, January 12, 2012
- Cuomo’s big idea looks like 1970s Newsday, January 05, 2012
- For $62 million, N.Y. had better create jobs Albany Times Union, December 15, 2011
- Spend, spend, spend New York Post, December 10, 2011
- More Revenue, More Spending New York Times, December 09, 2011
- Gov blows smoke on tax hikes New York Post, December 05, 2011
- Cuomo’s Big Tests National Review Online, November 10, 2011
- Cuomo’s big stall New York Post, November 10, 2011
- The Many Myths of the Millionaire Tax New York Post, October 12, 2011
- Why labor could afford to slap the gov New York Post, September 28, 2011
- Why the PA should sell off the WTC New York Post, August 22, 2011
- Pension Fund Risks In Wild Market Politico, August 19, 2011
- Out of the Tunnel? New York Post, August 16, 2011
- Savior of the Empire State City Journal, August 01, 2011
- NY’s unaffordable pension system Newsday, July 27, 2011
- Stabbed in the back New York Post, June 25, 2011
- Mike’s Budget Battle New York Post, June 17, 2011
- Tweaks Won’t Reform NY State Pension Crain’s New York Business, May 29, 2011
- A poison pill for the tax cap? New York Post, May 26, 2011
- Will Cuomo’s fix go far enough? New York Post, May 18, 2011
- Poison pills for the gov’s tax-cap New York Post, May 13, 2011
- NY’s stealth tax hike New York Post, April 15, 2011
- Blame It On The Pols New York Post, April 11, 2011
- Cuomo Scores With Budget New York Post, March 29, 2011
- Make public disclosures simpler Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, March 13, 2011
- Cuomo’s tied down New York Post, February 28, 2011
- A Cure, or a Bandage New York Times, February 07, 2011
- Court In The Middle New York Post, February 04, 2011
- Gov Comes Down on Taxpayers’ Side New York Post, January 31, 2011
- State Bankruptcy Is a Bad Idea Wall Street Journal, January 24, 2011
- Mike Bloomberg’s pension misfire New York Post, January 21, 2011
- Andrew Cuomo Talked Tough, But His Budget Actions Left Something To Be Desired New York Daily News, January 07, 2011
- Right target, Andrew New York Post, January 05, 2011
- Limits on spending and property tax caps are critical Times Union, January 02, 2011
- Public vs. private retirements New York Post, December 19, 2010
- This Bomb Just Stopped Ticking New York Post, December 08, 2010
- Empire of Excess December 01, 2010
- Cuomo’s Nassau Test New York Post, November 29, 2010
- A bat for the gov New York Post, November 15, 2010
- Now comes the real fight New York Post, November 03, 2010
- NY Needs Answers New York Post, October 18, 2010
- A $205 Billion Bomb New York Post, October 13, 2010
- The Employer Rush To NY’s Exits New York Post, October 07, 2010
- State Budget Built On Shaky Foundation Syracuse Post-Standard, October 05, 2010
- Obama puts public sector employees ahead of private sector Washington Examiner, September 15, 2010
- Is New York ungovernable? Syracuse Post-Standard, August 29, 2010
- The Bucks Stop Here City Journal, August 19, 2010
- More Stimulus Poison New York Post, August 06, 2010
- The man who saved New York New York Post, July 25, 2010
- The Empire State’s Stimulus Addiction Wall Street Journal, July 02, 2010
- Ugly Budget — But a Pretty Precedent New York Post, June 30, 2010
- NY’s War on Golden Geese New York Post, June 15, 2010
- After Property Tax Cap, Cuomo Plan Gets Soft New York Post, May 27, 2010
- Can States Fix Their Pension Problems? New York Times, May 20, 2010
- Reading NY’s School-Budget Votes New York Post, May 20, 2010
- New York’s latest job killer New York Daily News, May 19, 2010
- Dave’s Last Chance New York Post, April 28, 2010
- New York Public School Staffs Grow While Enrollment Drops Journal News, April 04, 2010
- Albany’s Phantom Health Savings New York Post, April 04, 2010
- Freeze Pay For Teachers To Save Jobs, Programs Buffalo News, March 23, 2010
- N.Y. Public Workers Thrived Amid Misery Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, March 21, 2010
- The Ravitch Plan Won’t Save New York Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2010
- A Ravitch Rescue? New York Post, March 08, 2010
- The Gov NY Needs New York Post, March 03, 2010
- Empire of Excess Wall Street Journal, February 12, 2010
- Derailing New York New York Post, February 10, 2010
- Pay Moynihan’s Tax Lessons for the States Wall Street Journal, February 06, 2010
- NY Taxes: Headed For a New High New York Post, February 04, 2010
- Grading the Gov’s Budget New York Post, January 23, 2010
- Don’t waste school aid crisis Newsday, January 18, 2010
- Fixing What’s Broke New York Post, January 05, 2010
- Freeze Wages Now New York Post, November 02, 2009
- An Outsourcing Opportunity City Journal, October 01, 2009
- Tax High, People Fly City Journal, October 01, 2009
- California, Here We Come New York Post, September 28, 2009
- Defusing the Pension Bomb City Journal, September 01, 2009
- The affordable-housing pact: A flawed remedy for suburbs Journal News, August 30, 2009
- The High-Tax Trap New York Post, August 03, 2009
- N.Y. Labor Unions Are Biting The Hand that Fattens Them New York Daily News, July 23, 2009
- Sledgehammer Hit To Crumbling Empire State New York Post, July 16, 2009
- To Fix Pension Peril New York Post, July 13, 2009
- Defuse the Pension Bomb New York Post, July 09, 2009
- The Budget New York Needs City Journal, July 01, 2009
- Gov. Paterson turned his back on property tax cap Newsday, June 05, 2009
- NY’s Pension Peril New York Post, June 01, 2009
- Leaving Homeowners In The Lurch New York Post, May 15, 2009
- How New York Stokes Dependency New York Post, April 30, 2009
- New York’s Budget Targets the Golden Eggs New York Post, April 03, 2009
- Dave’s Layoff Delay New York Post, March 27, 2009
- Spendaholics New York Post, March 12, 2009
- NY Without Wall Street New York Post, February 11, 2009
- “Millionaire Tax” is a Bad Idea Post-Journal, February 10, 2009
- Soaking rich would hurt NY Albany Times Union, February 09, 2009
- The concept of ‘shared sacrifice’ eludes local school districts Journal News, January 30, 2009
- Stimulus’ Slaps NY Taxpayers New York Post, January 27, 2009
- Dems have a taxing plan New York Daily News, January 23, 2009
- Albany needs a whole lot more sunshine Newsday, January 16, 2009
- Paterson’s goal is sure to drive prices even higher Buffalo News, January 16, 2009
- MTA’s Fatal Dodge New York Post, January 11, 2009
- A Just Plain Terrible Tax Proposal New York Post, December 05, 2008
- Gov’s Brave Talk New York Post, November 13, 2008
- Income-Tax Idiocy New York Post, October 20, 2008
- Gold-Plated Pensions New York Post, October 08, 2008
- Cross Country: New York Bet Its Budget on Wall Street Wall Street Journal, October 04, 2008
- Running on empty New York Post, September 16, 2008
- If You’re Voting With Your Pocketbook, Proceed With Caution New York Daily News, September 16, 2008
- New York State’s Fiscal Reckoning City Journal, September 01, 2008
- Teachers Go Nuclear New York Post, August 15, 2008
- It’s the Spending New York Post, July 31, 2008
- Rocky’s Wreckage New York Post, July 08, 2008
- Cap Those Taxes New York Post, June 04, 2008
- Albany’s pork spending should be ended, not mended The Post-Standard, May 12, 2008
- Union Health Ripoff New York Post, May 12, 2008
- Keep Capital in New York New York Sun, April 16, 2008
- School plan still can be a success Times Union, April 08, 2008
- Budget Blues New York Post, April 07, 2008
- Welfare Rip-Off New York Post, March 29, 2008
- Gov’s Power Woes New York Post, March 24, 2008
- Start Blazing New York Sun, March 18, 2008
- After the Spitzer Storm Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2008
- Paterson’s Challenges: Economic Woes New York Post, March 13, 2008
- To the Moon, Eliot Spitzer Keeps Spending New York Post, January 24, 2008
- Eliot’s Excellent Idea New York Post, January 10, 2008
- A Question for Hillary Wall Street Journal, January 05, 2008
- Big Apple’s Bite New York Post, November 19, 2007
- Crunch Time for the TWU New York Post, November 08, 2007
- Rangel’s Knifing of New York New York Post, October 29, 2007
- N.Y.’s Falling Incomes New York Post, September 21, 2007
- Bush Right to Curb Insurance ‘Crowd Out’ Times Union of Albany, September 04, 2007
- The Downturn & N.Y. New York Post, August 17, 2007
- Rudy’s Real Tax Record New York Daily News, August 06, 2007
- Property Tax Rebates: No Lasting Relief in Fiscal Pain Killer Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, July 22, 2007
- Pensions & Plunder New York Post, July 19, 2007
- NY’s Legal Plague New York Post, July 05, 2007
- Eliot’s Big Test New York Post, June 25, 2007
- Babying Unions New York Post, May 15, 2007
- Tax-Code Chaos New York Post, April 16, 2007
- What the Gov Got New York Post, April 02, 2007
- Googling NY’s Books New York Post, March 15, 2007
- A Noose for Big Firms The New York Sun, February 28, 2007
- Med Alert for Gov to Rein in Health $$ New York Post, February 22, 2007
- Eliot’s Spending Surge New York Post, February 01, 2007
- Awaiting Spitzer’s Budget New York Sun, January 29, 2007
- Doctoring Medicaid New York Sun, January 25, 2007
- Mike’s Pension Misfire New York Post, January 22, 2007
- Eliot’s Mixed Bag New York Post, January 04, 2007
- Early Belt-Tightening Led to Squander Poughkeepsie Journal, January 02, 2007
- Welfare Wonder New York Post, December 10, 2006
- School Sanity New York Post, November 21, 2006
- Spitzer Catches a Break on Medicaid New York Sun, November 16, 2006
- Eliot Spitzer, Beware the Budget Process Syracuse.com, November 14, 2006
- Eliot’s Tough Talk New York Post, November 08, 2006
- NY Budget Blues New York Post, November 01, 2006
- Fiscal Accountability a Must for Lawmakers Times Union of Albany, October 29, 2006
- Two years later, much is undone The Post-Standard, October 17, 2006
- Medicaid Misses New York Post, September 19, 2006
- Gas Pains New York Post, September 06, 2006
- Public jobs remain plentiful Syracuse.com, September 05, 2006
- Public Pension Price Tag The Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2006
- Fiscal Time Bomb August 10, 2006
- Ponderous Government is Crushing Opportunity Syracuse.com, August 01, 2006
- Tax and Spend Legacy New York Post, July 28, 2006
- Drunken Sailors New York Post, July 05, 2006
- Tax Breaks Won’t Aid New York’s Economy Syracuse Post-Standard, June 27, 2006
- Mandated benefits a costly idea Albany, Times Union, June 18, 2006
- The Star Delusion: Faso, Spitzer Copy Gov’s Fake Tax Cut New York Post, June 13, 2006
- New York’s Pension Peril New York Post, June 08, 2006
- Spending isn’t answer for all problems The Post-Standard, May 23, 2006
- Pigs-in-a-Blanket Veto New York Times, April 23, 2006
- Lame Duck Quacking New York Post, April 19, 2006
- Legislators should tell where pork money goes The Post-Standard, April 18, 2006
- Confused Courts The New York Post, March 27, 2006
- Welfare reform requires adjusting The Syracuse Post-Standard, March 15, 2006
- New Yorkers Skedaddle As Tax Climate Worsens The Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2006
- Proposed cigarette tax benefits butt-leggers The Post-Standard, February 07, 2006
- NYC strike will affect taxpayers in Upstate The Syracuse Post-Standard, December 27, 2005
- Lessons of the Strike: Pension Pickle The New York Post, December 23, 2005
- Blame Albany The New York Post, December 22, 2005
- Pension Madness The New York Post, December 19, 2005
- New York Crime Hits a Tipping Point City Journal, December 01, 2005
- Reforming the ‘budget reform’ proposition The Post-Standard, November 29, 2005
- All Taxes Great and Small The New York Sun, November 07, 2005
- Measure isn’t the reform it poses as The Post-Standard, November 01, 2005
- Voters Have Say on Future Spending The Post-Standard, October 04, 2005
- Gas Pains New York Post, September 06, 2005
- Property Tax Plan Has Hidden Hefty Bite The Post-Standard, August 23, 2005
- The City’s Governor New York Times, August 07, 2005
- Tax-and-Spend Legacy New York Post, July 28, 2005
- Bill’s cost could be impossible to count The Post-Standard, July 26, 2005
- Rating Mayor Mike City Journal, July 01, 2005
- Competitive Sourcing Can Save Millions The Post-Standard, June 21, 2005
- State policies driving up insurance cost The Post-Standard, May 24, 2005
- Two Faces of Mike New York Post, May 06, 2005
- Albany has plenty left to repair April 19, 2005
- Sticker Shock The National Review Online, April 19, 2005
- Budget Hoax New York Post, March 30, 2005
- Tax cit requires new laws The Post-Standard, March 22, 2005
- NY’s Road to Ruin New York Post, March 16, 2005
- Welfare reform requires adjusting The Post-Standard, March 15, 2005
- Like There’s No Tomorrow New York Sun, March 08, 2005
- Pension plan needs adjusting Pension plan needs adjusting, February 22, 2005
- NY’s Prisons Emptying Out New York Post, February 08, 2005
- Time to end misuse of authorities The Post-Standard, February 08, 2005
- Start the Revolution New York Daily News, January 09, 2005
- Same Man, Same Problem New York Post, January 06, 2005
- Gotham’s Fiscal Crisis: Lessons Unlearned By E.J. McMahon and Fred Siegel, The Public Interest, Winter 2005, January 01, 2005
- Budget reform is budget de-form The Post Standard, December 14, 2004
- Fiscal Fantasy New York Post, December 01, 2004
- Book Review: Eroding Liberty New York Post, November 21, 2004
- Ferry Foolish New York Post, November 08, 2004
- Book Review: Jobs Scandal New York Post, October 24, 2004
- W’s NY Centric Tax Cuts New York Post, August 24, 2004
- Saving NY’s Schools New York Post, July 14, 2004
- N.Y. Tax Follies New York Post, June 24, 2004
- Albany’s ‘Debt’-End New York Post, May 19, 2004
- NYC’s Sea of Red New York Post, 4-27-04, April 27, 2004
- San Diego Needs Fundamental Pension Reform San Diego Union-Tribune, April 23, 2004
- A half-baked effort at budget reform Times Union, April 02, 2004
- The Price Of Better Schools: But Who Pays The Piper? New York Post, March 30, 2004
- Better Late Than Larger New York Post, March 08, 2004
- Question Authorities New York Post, February 26, 2004
- A City Savings Spree New York Post, February 16, 2004
- Return to dependency? New York Post, January 27, 2004
- Tale of Two Speeches New York Post, 1-9-04, January 09, 2004
- Defusing the Pension Bomb New York Post, December 19, 2003
- Bringing Competition to Albany New York Sun, December 11, 2003
- NY’s Woes Remain New York Post, 10-31-03, October 31, 2003
- To Keep People in New York City, Cut Costs Gotham Gazette, September 29, 2003
- To Save N.Y.C. New York Post, September 19, 2003
- The Biggest Bonding Boondoggle New York Sun, July 28, 2003
- Mike’s Mixed Bag New York Post, July 27, 2003
- A Looming Storm New York Post, July 17, 2003
- The Hidden Tax Increase New York Sun, June 11, 2003
- Why ‘Soaking the Rich’ Is Poor Policy Barron’s, May 19, 2003
- Gouging the Metro Area New York Post, May 16, 2003
- Taxing the Grandkids NY Post, May 07, 2003
- Taxing ‘Til We Drop NY Post, May 05, 2003
- Erasing Giuliani’s Tax Progress New York Sun, April 22, 2003
- Doomsday for Real New York Post, April 16, 2003
- Silver’s Risky Budget Game New York Post, March 19, 2003
- With Pals Like These, Who Needs Enemies? Newsday, March 12, 2003
- Relying on the Rich New York Sun, February 11, 2003
- Tale of Two Budgets New York Post, February 03, 2003
- The Return of George I National Review Online, January 28, 2003
- A Win for N.Y. New York Post, January 13, 2003
- Rotten ‘Reform’ New York Post, November 14, 2002
- Now, the Hard Part New York Post, November 06, 2002
- The Rift on City Taxes Is a Split With Suburbs’ Newsday, October 31, 2002
- Pataki’s ‘Progress’ New York Post, October 08, 2002
- Botched Cleanup: New York City’s & state’s post-9/11 fiscal failure New York Post, August 22, 2002
- Gotham Corp: Sell New York Post, June 24, 2002
- Next Year’s Tax Hike New York Post, May 16, 2002
- Small Change New York Post, April 19, 2002
- A Killer of a Living Wage New York Post, March 20, 2002
- It’s Still ‘Borrow and Spend’ in New York Newsday, February 28, 2002
- Bloomberg’s Misplaced (Compassionate) Side Gotham Gazette, February 18, 2002
- Mike’s Dangerous Budget Temptation New York Post, February 11, 2002
- Pataki’s Smaller Gov’t New York Post, February 05, 2002
- City Won’t Bleed From Bloomberg’s Ax Newsday, January 04, 2002
- It’s the Spending New York Post, January 01, 2002
- Wrong Time for a Commuter Tax New York Post, December 17, 2001
- Mike Must Bite Bullet On Income Tax Hike NY Daily News, November 29, 2001
- Bush’s Tax Cut: The Best Boost for N.Y. New York Post, November 19, 2001
- They Don’t Get It New York Post, October 25, 2001
- City Power: Don’t Gamble on State Budget Fixes Newsday, October 13, 2001
- A Blast to N.Y.’s Budget New York Post, October 02, 2001
- Pataki Power Play: Gov Should Call Lawmakers’ Budget Bluff New York Post, July 31, 2001
- Turning the Page New York Post, July 09, 2001
- Worse City Budget News Ahead New York Post, July 01, 2001
- Rudy’s Tax Cuts Don’t Go Far Enough New York Post, April 25, 2001
- A Risky Precedent New York Post, April 13, 2001
- W.’s Gift to New York City Journal, March 05, 2001
- A Risky Debt ‘Reform’ New York Post, February 11, 2001
- The Blunders of ’66 New York Post, January 03, 2001
- A ‘Ladder’ to Sky-High School Taxes New York Post, December 26, 2000
- What Bush Should Have Said About Tax Cuts The Wall Street Journal, October 19, 2000
- Rick, Hill & Tax Cuts For NY New York Post, October 18, 2000
- Al’s Middle-Class Tax Targets New York Post, October 11, 2000
- Bizarre Tax-Cut Presentations Don’t Add Up New York Post, September 05, 2000
- NYC Jobs In Jeopardy New York Post, July 24, 2000
- The Taxpayer: Last Again New York Post, June 28, 2000