Month: October 2014

It's not every day that one state entity condemns another for lack of transparency and oversight. Read More

President Obama’s immigration overhaul could be expensive for New York — putting the state on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in added health-care costs. Read More

Local governments in New York are preparing their budgets for the new year facing a strain from state-mandated costs and pressure to comply with a property-tax-rebate program. Read More

Only a week after an Empire Center for Public Policy report gave many municipal websites a failing grade, New York state unveiled a new site of its own. Read More

The nearly $4 billion Tappan Zee bridge replacement project will almost certainly double the $5 toll currently charged on the existing bridge by 2019, a government finance expert warned Wednesday. Read More

State lawmakers say they want to act quickly to spend the state’s $5 billion dollar and growing surplus on an infrastructure fund to fix up roads and bridges, among other things. At a conference on the state’s infrastructure, sponsored by a think tank, participants said there are deep needs, and they warn lawmakers not to spend the money frivolously. Read More

While state officials have been purposefully tight-lipped about how replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge may impact its $5 toll—or tolls across the state's Thruway system—one fiscal analyst is confident they will reach double digits. Read More

It didn’t seem to surprise some local officials that their municipality’s website got a failing grade on a recent report card. Read More