Left standing outside this concern for justice is the developing world's labor force upon whose broken and polluted bodies New Yorkers will build their green future. Read More
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New York’s construction unions, facing a decades-long decline, are employing a time-honored tactic: getting state government to stop people from competing with them. Read More
A pair of state-employed writers began researching, outlining and drafting a book about Governor Andrew Cuomo's pandemic response in late March 2020, weeks before New York's harrowing first wave had passed, according to newly disclosed email records. Read More
A state Senate committee on Wednesday approved legislation weakening the ability of local government and school officials to discipline workers Read More
Public elementary and secondary school spending in New York rose to $26,571 per pupil in 2020-21, according to the latest Census Bureau data Read More
New York school districts are getting record levels of state aid. But how many are using it to cut taxes? Read More
New York’s latest tax collection data indicate New York’s just-passed state budget was based on rosy assumptions about income tax receipts that are not materializing. Read More
A politically connected medical group in the Bronx garnered an unusual benefit in the new state budget – access to money previously reserved for financially troubled safety-net hospitals and nursing homes. Read More