Capping weeks of secretive negotiations and intense political jockeying, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and leaders of the Legislature on Sunday announced a $132.5 billion budget agreement that would cut overall spending, impose no major new taxes and begin a Read More
There are few places to trim administrative costs in the school district, according to Superintendent Patrick H. Brady. Mr. Brady has suggested reducing administration expenses by approximately $13,700 in the Potsdam Central School District's prop Read More
Gov. Andrew Cuomo made his first April 1 deadline: getting a $132.5 billion state budget passed. But he's unlikely to make his second. Contracts with more than 100,000 state workers expire at midnight—and no resolution is in sight.The budget passed Read More
Legislators passed the last 2011-12 budget bill just after 1 a.m. Thursday... Governor Andrew Cuomo released a video address this morning, praising lawmakers for passing the first on-time budget in five years and emphasizing the budget's passage is " Read More
E.J. McMahon, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute's Empire Center for NYS Policy, discusses the pros, cons, accomplishments, shortfalls and possible implications of the 2011 state budget. Read More
Tax relief is a political promise that never seems to arrive. And this year's state budget offers little variation on the familiar dance of one politician touting tax relief so that another will take the fall for raising levies. In his budget deal Read More
The fiscally conservative Empire Center for Public Policy has revamped its state Spend-o-Meter to reflect the state’s new $132.5 billion for the 2011-12 fiscal year, which started today. So far today, the state’s spending has hit $185 million Read More