The Governor's Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission issued an overdue presentation to the Governor on December 15, 2011. Tucked away on , is one proposal the Governor needs to embrace with open Read More
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A new to promote employment for unemployed inner-city youth was part of this week’s tax increase deal between Governor Cuomo and the Legislature. Like the rest of Wednesday’s legislative package, the youth employment Read More
The MTA deserves kudos tonight. The state-run authority -- workers and management -- is doing a bang-up, even heroic job in getting people between Brooklyn and Manhattan. Read More
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has her eye on the other half of City Hall. In her current position, she already represents New Yorkers. So why does she feel so powerless that she supports outside action to force the city to do stuff -- when she is the city? Read More
The latest mergers & acquisitions figures are out, and they're not pretty. According to mergermarket, an M&A data watcher, the year's global slowdown is not only continuing but accelerating. New York can hang on to a thread of good news only in that its rate of decline is not accelerating. Read More
The national housing crisis is over.*** New York should worry. Read More
Are New York City's public-pension managers running an investment fund -- or an affordable-housing program? Read More
Today is full of bad news for Wall Street. The New York Times reports that the street is moving mid-paying jobs to middle America, and S&P has a new report out saying that the i-banking business is moving to a "less profitable, but somewhat lower risk, business model." Read More