ALBANY, June 22 — This time, Gov. Eliot Spitzer did not blink. In April, the governor was criticized even by fellow Democrats for cutting an overly generous deal with Senate Republicans, weakening his main proposals to pass a timely budget. T Read More
MANHATTAN residents ac count for nearly a quarter of the state's income-tax collections, a figure that makes it clearer than ever that the city is the economic engine of the entire state. Figures from the state Department of Taxation & Finance Read More
Dr. Scott Berlin has delivered close to 2,000 babies since 1994, but an increase in malpractice insurance rates announced this week prompted a decision to close up shop. The Long Island obstetrician will owe $190,000 in liability costs after the s Read More
No sooner had a trial balloon been floated, in yesterday's Daily News, about replacing the state comptroller as the sole trustee of the state's $154 billion Common Retirement Fund than the entrenched interest in Albany started to fight back against t Read More
It was a statement born of confidence and boldness. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg declared in 2004 that he would do what no mayor of his era had done: reduce the city’s homeless population by two-thirds by the time he left office. The mayor called Read More
NEARLY seven months into Eliot Spitzer's stay at the governor's mansion, the man who won 69 percent of the vote by declaring war on "the army of the status quo" is now leading it - boosting spending, cutting backroom deals and dressing up minor accom Read More
One afternoon late last week, a nurse manager at St. Vincent's Midtown Hospital walked into the sixth-floor medical and surgical ward looking for a fax machine. She found a nearly deserted hallway. "Oh, it's gone," Marva Smith, 55, said. She glanc Read More
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has promoted himself as a model of fiscal restraint, issuing dire warnings about the slowing economy, recently asking agencies to limit hiring, and even listing “fiscal responsibility” as an interest on his MySpace page Read More