Category: Media Coverage

Three weeks after his Jan. 1 swearing-in ceremony, New York’s new governor will have to lay out his plan for the 2011-12 state budget, which is expected to have an $8.2 billion hole. The fiscal outlook gets worse from there. Even if the defic Read More

"It really affects the bottom line," said Staats of his tax burden. A report by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation ranks New York as having the worst business tax climate in the nation. It says high taxes make New York less business friendly than othe Read More

Happy retirement! See you next Monday! The Paterson administration put nearly 200 state employees back on the public payroll this month -- just days after giving them a lucrative early-retirement bonus intended to thin the government ranks and sav Read More