The old wheeze about New York being a great place to visit but not to live is a bad joke come true. Far too many people are packing up after trying, and failing, to make a go of life here. From 2000 to 2008, 1.5 million people left the state, incl Read More
The state lost more than 1.5 million people to other states from 2000 to 2008, by far the biggest exodus in the nation, a new study says. "What it says is that while New York will always be important, it is going to be less and less important in t Read More
New York suffered the largest loss of residents to other states in the nation from 2000 to 2008, with more than 1.5 million people leaving, a report Monday found. The report, commissioned by the conservative Empire Center for Public Policy, found Read More
New Yorkers are fleeing the state and city in alarming numbers -- and costing a fortune in lost tax dollars, a new study shows. More than 1.5 million state residents left for other parts of the United States from 2000 to 2008, according to the rep Read More
An old saying goes that the time to live in New York is when you're young and poor, or old and rich—otherwise, you're better off somewhere else. That wisdom is getting an update this week from a study by the Empire Center for Public Policy that sho Read More
A Republican senator’s proposal to count only United States citizens when reapportioning Congress would cost California five seats and New York and Illinois one each, according to an independent analysis of census data released Tuesday. Texas, whic Read More
U.S. markets turned higher Monday after the Commerce Department said the gross domestic product rose 3.5 percent in the third quarter. It was the first rise in the nation's economic output since the second quarter of 2008 and better than expected. Read More
A radio ad paid for by the New York State United Teachers, NYSUT says, "Governor Paterson's deep budget cuts could bring on a devastating storm that rips apart public education." Pateron has proposed $480 million in cuts to education. New York Sta Read More