City comptroller William Thompson released his regular "" report today. It's not necessary to go into the gory details, since it's past time for everyone simply to stipulate that things are ugly so that we can get on with life. The good news, though, Read More
As promised, here are our articles in today's newspaper parsing the Ravitch report on how to fix the finances of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority: E.J. on Me on the Read More
Today, the Ravitch commission released its report on MTA finances. We'll have more to say about this tomorrow. Here's an interesting piece of data to tide readers over 'till then: Read More
Britain's conservative-party head David Cameron didn't win any thanks from his own party for a in which he called the division between public-sector and private-sector pension plans in Britain "apartheid" and said that he wants Britain "to move incr Read More
Today, Mayor Bloomberg held his mid-year budget update at City Hall. Here is the big picture: The mayor is still planning for a severe but temporary downturn in revenues. But there's a very real risk -- one that went unmentioned by the mayor Read More
Late yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg announced a two-year labor agreement with District Council 37, New York City’s largest public-sector union. The agreement is a missed opportunity for the city, which stands on the brink of what could be an unpreceden Read More