Category: Media Coverage

In recent weeks, thousands of New York families have been told they no longer qualify for the popular School Tax Relief program. Many of them are about to learn they were the victims of a programming error by state tax officials. "There were a lot Read More

In Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposal there are a whole host of estimated savings that don’t give enough specific programmatic details to show how they will be realized, according to Senate Republicans. For example, it is estimated $2.8 billion Read More

Newly elected Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has moved expeditiously to propose legislation to close the state’s $3.6 billion budget deficit. But that legislation languishes in the state legislature because the Democrat minority in the state Senate ha Read More

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said it would be "necessary" for public employees to endure a wage freeze in the coming fiscal year, their current contract means more than 50,000 state workers are on track for increases in pay later this year. While t Read More