The Buffalo Niagara job market is doing better than first though, but it’s far from red hot. The local job market enjoyed its strongest job growth in three months during January, as a surge in hiring at local restaurants and hotels offset a stee Read More
Sixteen judges have ruled, in clear contravention of law, that taxpayers have no right to see the names of former public servants who receive pension payments. And they want New Yorkers to raise the mandatory judicial retirement age from 70 to 80? Read More
The secretiveness of the current administrations of what are, for New Yorkers, the two most prominent and important governments in the country — the federal government and the state government of New York — should be cause for alarm. Transpare Read More
The Internet has opened to the world information that has always been by rights public, but in the pre-Internet age, was often challenging to obtain. It no longer requires hours of time, knowledge of freedom of information laws and money for copyi Read More
New York’s lottery revenue has soared in recent years and reached a record $9 billion last year. But the percentage of education aid that comes from the lottery hasn’t budged, and the state’s gaming halls are getting more money. The New York Read More
Members of the Long Island Assembly Republican conference have raised concerns about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Executive Budget regarding what they say is a redistribution of school aid away from Long Island. The group of lawmakers argue that under the Read More
South Onondaga, NY—The Onondaga Central School Board offered Superintendent Joseph Rotella $185,000 plus health insurance for himself and his wife if he would “retire” with two years remaining on his contract. The board did not discuss the " Read More
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposal to allow cash-poor New York localities to lower pension payments now and pay more later has gained steam with state legislators -- to the chagrin of fiscal watchdogs. Both the State Senate and Assembly included the Read More