Just more than half of New Yorkers believe the state economy is stagnant while nearly 30 percent think it's getting worse, according to a poll released Wednesday. But the proportion of New Yorkers who think the economy is improving has grown sligh Read More
The number of millionaires in Dutchess and Ulster counties bounced back in 2010 after falling off in 2009, a trend reflected statewide, New York records show. The number of millionaires in New York reached nearly 33,000 in 2010, up 19 percent from Read More
For Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the property-tax cap implemented in 2011 has worked as intended: It has limited the growth in taxes to 40 percent less than the previous 10-year average. For schools and local governments, the tax cap has served as another i Read More
The Board of Selectmen and the incoming town manager have agreed upon a three-year contract with a starting salary of $109,000. Jennifer Tabakin, a senior project manager in New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, is expected to si Read More
School spending and tax proposals are rising across Long Island, fueled by pension costs and other staff benefits. Preliminary results from a Newsday survey, covering 64 of 124 districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties, found that most school budge Read More
New York state's 2 percent property tax cap is actually closer to 4.6 percent statewide for school districts because they can exclude from the cap some of their increases in employee pension payments, according to a report by the Empire Center in Alb Read More
Municipal leaders hope the next seven weeks of legislative action will bring significant changes to the 38-year-old binding arbitration system for police and firefighter contracts. The binding arbitration law has been renewed every few years by la Read More