Caught in the act
Today’s robbing of the NYC employees’ health insurance fund as a “realistic” means to pay to avoid layoffs will become tomorrow’s hysterically anti-union “health benefits costs are out of control” rallying cry.
Questions for Gov. Cuomo even more important to New Yorkers than those for Rep. Weiner?
No, not about private indiscretions. Just about what sort of leadership the widely-hailed governor is or is not exerting when it comes to the fate of the homes of more than a million families.
Layoffs of 4,000 teachers a better choice than minor increase in tax rate for wealthier New Yorkers?
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has painted his decision to fire more than 4,000 teachers as the only budgetary course open to him, but it turns out that an increase of less than one-half of one percent on the income tax rate paid by wealthier New Yorkers would raise more revenue than the Mayor's budget saves by firing the teachers.
Layoffs of 4,000 teachers a better choice than minor increase in tax rate for wealthier New Yorkers?
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has painted his decision to fire more than 4,000 teachers as the only budgetary course open to him, but it turns out that an increase of less than one-half of one percent on the income tax rate paid by wealthier New Yorkers would raise more revenue than the Mayor's budget saves by firing the teachers.
Copenhagen comes to New York?
One big roadblock: politicians who can't imagine constituents changing the way they commute.
Bloomberg's Republican economic policy prescriptions
In offering a set of “common sense proposals,” New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has sent a clear message to national policy makers: when it comes to business, tread lightly.