Month: June 2010

New York stands at a precipice. As bad as the state's finances have been in recent years, they soon could become much worse. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has warned that the state faces a 2009-10 deficit of at least $4 billion and a three-year budg Read More

The Obama administration is floating the idea of imposing a tax on Wall Street, possibly tied to bonuses, as part of its next budget, The Post has learned. According to two people familiar with the matter, the White House has circulated a draft bu Read More

Every special-interest group in the state was likely watching for what Gov. David Paterson would say about them in his State of the State speech earlier this week. The public education field was left waiting, however, as Paterson said almost nothi Read More