Month: June 2010

A fiscally conservative think tank has come up with a game plan for shrinking New York's multi-billion dollar deficit. The Empire Center for Public Policy is proposing a wage freeze for teachers and state workers, capping school aid and Medicaid s Read More

Canceling millions of dollars in unused pork-barrel spending and freezing teacher salaries are among steps that could save New York $30 billion over three years, a fiscally conservative think tank said Monday. That would be a considerable reduction i Read More

The Empire Center for Public Policy, a pro-business "think tank," has come up with a list of thirty proposed spending cuts designed to save the cash-strapped state $30 billion over three years. Among the proposals, a 7.5% cut in school aid accompa Read More

Canceling millions of dollars in unused pork-barrel spending and freezing teacher salaries are among the steps that a fiscally conservative think tank says could save New York $30 billion over three years. A new report from the Empire Center for P Read More

New York State is broke. Like a runaway train, New York's budget is in danger of running completely off the rails. It needs to be brought under control—before it's too late. Read More

When Gov. Paterson delivers his annual message to the Legislature tomor row, “the state of the state” will be painfully obvious. Read More

Is it possible that Albany lawmakers could resolve the state's budget crisis without massive tax hikes, without meat-ax spending cuts and without fiscal gimmickry that would dig New York deeper into the hole? A thought-provoking report from a fisc Read More

Albany, NY – A conservative leaning think tank is offering ideas on how to save the state $30 billion dollars over the next several years. Karen DeWitt reports... Read More