Lew Fidler was the subject of much praise this morning at a breakfast for the New York Building Congress, a construction industry group, because he’s asked Michael Bloomberg for more infrastructure money.
Fidler, as Building Congress President Dick Anderson explained, has been the leading voice in the Council to protest the 30 percent cut Read More
Lew Fidler was the subject of much praise this morning at a breakfast for the New York Building Congress, a construction industry group, because he's asked Michael Bloomberg for more infrastructure money.
Fidler, as Building Congress President Dick Anderson explained, has been the leading voice in the Council to protest the Read More
Here’s an interesting graphic from Comptroller Thompson’s annual report on the city’s capital debt and obligations released late last week, showing the rapid rise in debt service that the city will owe in coming years. Between 2008 and 2018, the report says that annual debt payments will increase from $4.8 billion to $8.1 billion—which Read More
From the Wall Street Journal this morning:
American consumers, battered by falling home prices and soaring gasoline prices, are at their gloomiest in decades, raising fears they might cut back on spending later this year and tip the economy into a recession.
Housing gets a big part of the blame:
Consumer glumness Read More
