Albany, NY – A poll by the Siena Research Institute released Tuesday shows a growing number of New Yorkers believe the state is headed in the wrong direction. Siena pollster Steven Greenberg says two-thirds of the voters they surveyed rate the s Read More
When the Jamestown City Council voted in favor of a new contract with the Kendall Club Police Benevolent Association, it was safe to say that binding arbitration was the proverbial elephant in the room. For some council members - including council Read More
Governor David Paterson took a lot of heat for his plan to tax things like movies, soft drinks and music downloads - now he's abandoning part of it. One reason, Paterson now says the federal stimulus package will help him pick up the slack. The co Read More
We have come to expect teachers to be high-minded, educated individuals with minds of their own who view teaching as a profession. These are the people, after all, who we trust with our kids more hours a day than anyone else; people who teach our chi Read More
Skyrocketing retiree health care costs will endanger every level of government in the future – including Mohawk Valley municipalities. Everywhere, public employees are locked into rock solid retiree health care plans, experts say. Baby boomers h Read More
New York's chattering classes are no longer debating whether state income taxes will be jacked up on high earners. Now the only question is by how much. And the credit—or blame—for successfully framing the debate goes largely to a minor political Read More
While the rest of us tighten our belts, state employees buckle up in free cars provided to them by the state - paid for and gassed up with $86 million in taxpayer money this fiscal year alone, a Post probe has found. State department heads and com Read More
More than half of the city’s proposed $65.7 million budget for 2009-10 is directed toward police and fire expenses – a higher percentage of the total general fund budget than in Syracuse, Binghamton, Schenectady and Troy, an Observer-Dispatch ana Read More