Category: Blog

​​New York State's surprisingly large population gain since 2010 was concentrated in New York City and its inner suburbs Read More

There are several (dozens? hundreds?) of unanswered questions as the fallout from Andrew Cuomo's resignation earlier today continues. Among those are questions related to his pension, some of which can be answered, sort of. Read More

Some New York local governments  are soliciting input from residents as they decide how to spend  billions in pandemic emergency dollars Read More

Local governments across every region of the state raked in robust sales tax collections during the three months that ended on June 30th Read More

The quest for comprehensive data on New York's coronavirus pandemic hit a bureaucratic roadblock this week Read More

State agencies paid out a total of $851.4 million in overtime pay in 2020, an $18.7 million increase from 2019. Read More

A newly published study of COVID-19 in nursing homes links larger numbers of employees to higher rates of infection and death for residents – raising fresh doubts about New York's recently enacted "safe staffing" law Read More

The full payroll records of more than 2,400 de facto state employees are available to the public for the first time after being released by Health Research Inc. Read More