On April 12, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed New York's FY2019/2020 Budget Bill (S. 1509-C, A. 2009-C), allocating $175.5 billion and enacting numerous significant tax and…
Why have so many state and local governments accumulated massive debts, even as they claimed to balance their budgets every year? Political math. Wait, how…
On March 30, Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York State legislators reached an agreement on the state's 2018/19 budget, which the governor executed on April…
Paid Family Leave Expands in New York
Common Questions about the New Law
Big changes arrived for New Yorkers on January 1, 2018, when the New York Paid Family Leave (NYPFL) benefit went into effect. Called one of…
Control Issues in Charter Schools
An Examination of New York State Comptroller’s Audits
In Brief Charter schools are a controversial topic in education and politics because the public funding they receive makes them quasi-public organizations; thus, political groups,…
This is the first busy season since the enactment of the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015, which amended federal…