Budget

Wealthy New Yorkers complain about potential tax hikes while the city reaches a fiscal cliff.
New York City
Rich to NYC: Drop dead
While the city approaches a fiscal cliff, the most powerful New Yorkers complain about possible tax hikes.
By ZACH WILLIAMS
State lawmakers have been waiting for Cuomo to finalize a budget.
New York State
The drama of waiting for Cuomo
The storyline of fixing the state’s budget deficit remains as unresolved as ever.
By ZACH WILLIAMS
Syracuse is one of the top three cities that could see the worst declines in revenue during the Coronavirus.
Budget
Why upstate cities are in extreme financial peril
Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse are likely to face some of the worst revenue shortfalls among major cities in the country.
By KAY DERVISHI
Governor Andrew Cuomo
New York State
New York’s moment of fiscal truth is nigh
Lawmakers don’t have much more time to institute budget cuts.
By ZACH WILLIAMS
Signs and tents at the Occupy City Hall protest where protestors are demanding that the NYPD be defunded.
New York City
Did de Blasio actually defund the NYPD?
The mayor and the City Council did some fuzzy math to arrive at $1B in cuts.
By JEFF COLTIN
The Surrogate Court building across from City Hall where Occupy City Hall protestors are demanding that the New York City Council vote to defund the NYPD.
New York City
City Hall reaches agreement on reduced budget, with major NYPD cuts
Some dissent on both the right and the left.
By JEFF COLTIN
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New York City
The sticking points as the New York City budget deadline nears
De Blasio promises ‘very substantial’ NYPD cuts. The City Council wants $1 billion.
By JEFF COLTIN
Some state lawmakers are looking for something green to help solve the budget gap.
Budget
A new pot of pot revenue unlikely to save the state budget
Legalizing recreational marijuana is unlikely this year, and wouldn’t provide immediate fiscal relief.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Thanks to the coronavirus the NYC budget will be much smaller than last years. The Department of Education is taking the biggest cut.
New York City
New York City is looking at these areas for budget cuts
Education is the big one, but the economic fallout from the coronavirus will impact the budget in many other ways.
By JEFF COLTIN
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins meeting remotely with the Senate Democratic Caucus on March 29, 2020.
New York State
Will the state Legislature meet in May?
Waiting on federal aid could limit state lawmakers’ sway on budget.
By ZACH WILLIAMS
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