ALBANY - The Senate on Tuesday unveiled $218 million in capital projects, providing funds for private companies, local authorities and previously undisclosed big-ticket expenses such as a music center at Skidmore College and a semiconductor plant in Read More
ALBANY — While state analysts are forecasting lean times, lawmakers are bankrolling what some see as a bumper crop of pork. Late Tuesday, the Senate approved $350 million worth of capital projects. At the direction of Senate Republicans, the sta Read More
NEW YORK -- The Eyewitness News Investigators took a close look at how state lawmakers are spending your tax dollars at a time when we can least afford it. Hundreds of millions of dollars in political pork, handed out while New York's deficit clim Read More
A high-profile state commission on property taxes appears headed toward a consensus that would recommend capping school district property tax increases at a rate of growth between 3 and 4 percentage points and giving voters the power to override a ce Read More
ALBANY — With the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer and an approaching state election that has senators of both parties desperate for support, labor unions are flexing their muscles in the capital to a degree not seen in years. The unions’ push h Read More
New York's largest public-sector union, the Civil Service Employees Association, is picking the lock on the state treasury. And cynical Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno is happy to help. CSEA, among others, is trying to shield public-sector ret Read More
A red-faced Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday ordered new cost estimates on union-backed legislation after it was revealed that phony numbers were being used to artificially lower the projections. The new estimates of the cost to taxpayers Read More
The lawmaker behind the latest effort in Albany to sweeten public employee pensions is a 59-year-old of Brooklyn who collects toy trains, writes restaurant reviews, and aspires to run for Congress. Even at a time when state fiscal watchers warn of Read More