At the Somos el Futuro legislative conference in Albany this weekend, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli could be seen hugging Senator Charles Schumer-not because he was feeling particularly affectionate, but because Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, chairman of the conference, which gathers top Democratic officials to discuss issues of concern to Hispanic New Yorkers, had urged attendees to Read More
The circumstances of Martha Stark’s departure from the Bloomberg administration had nothing to do with race. But two Democrats took the occasion to raise the issue of racial diversity in the administration.
City Councilwoman Helen Foster of the Bronx, who, like Stark, is African-American, said, “I think it’s clear there is a lack of Read More
The circumstances of Martha Stark's departure from the Bloomberg administration had nothing to do with race. But two Democrats took the occasion to raise the issue of racial diversity in the administration.
City Councilwoman Helen Foster of the Bronx, who, like Stark, is African-American, said, “I think it’s clear there is a lack of Read More
Why has David Paterson sounded so much more alarmed over the grim news about Lehman and AIG than Michael Bloomberg?
Paterson has said he may call another special session of the legislature to make further cuts to the budget, and earlier today he compared this crisis to the 1930s. By contrast, at Read More
Here’s Doug Turetsky of the Independent Budget Office yesterday, explaining what to expect from the report his office put out about possible cost-saving measures the city could take.
Among the suggestions: voting by mail (to save $7 million annually), levying some kind of restaurant tax ($34 million annually), eliminating public funding for private-school Read More
Here’s Doug Turetsky of the Independent Budget Office explaining that the financial projections coming out of his office and those coming from the mayor’s office are essentially the same.
The massive capital budget that the City Council passed in June had an extra $50 million or so in it for the Yankees to spend on their new stadium this year, though the Parks Department is saying that the city’s total contribution over the next three years–about $160 million–will not change.
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