Bill de Blasio
Policy
UPK was a big success. 3K for All won't be so easy.
De Blasio’s universal pre-K program has been his biggest success. Expanding it to 3-year-olds won’t be so easy.
Andrew Cuomo
Opinion
New York keeps shortchanging poor students
New York's Foundation Aid formula has major shortcomings, which include using a decade of inconsistent local share calculations, arbitrary floors and ceilings, old demographic data and guaranteed increases regardless of changing demographics or enrollment. As a result of these distortions, excess aid is sent to wealthy districts and poorer districts get shortchanged. The state cannot afford to fully fund the warped formula, yet advocates are calling for a $2 billion increase in Foundation Aid in the coming year.
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Nonprofits
New York keeps shortchanging poor students
New York's Foundation Aid formula has major shortcomings, which include using a decade of inconsistent local share calculations, arbitrary floors and ceilings, old demographic data and guaranteed increases regardless of changing demographics or enrollment. As a result of these distortions, excess aid is sent to wealthy districts and poorer districts get shortchanged. The state cannot afford to fully fund the warped formula, yet advocates are calling for a $2 billion increase in Foundation Aid in the coming year.
Politics
New York City
Armed school officers could turn the state Senate blue
The fate of state Sen. Simcha Felder's bill arming guards in schools could impact which party he caucuses with.
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Armed school officers could turn the state Senate blue
The fate of state Sen. Simcha Felder's bill arming guards in schools could impact which party he caucuses with.
New York State
Policy
The voting reforms that New York should pass
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a number of election reforms. What difference would each of them make?
Politics
Andrew Cuomo
DeFrancisco versus Molinaro: Who is winning the endorsement race?
The all-important county officials are lining up behind both GOP gubernatorial candidates.
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DeFrancisco versus Molinaro: Who is winning the endorsement race?
The all-important county officials are lining up behind both GOP gubernatorial candidates.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
Which party would really benefit from Cuomo’s voting reforms?
So if Republicans block Cuomo’s election reform proposals making it easier to vote, they may be protecting their party but losing an opportunity to make politics less divisive.
Politics
Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo takes on guns, NYCHA and the Percoco verdict
Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined students walking out to protest gun violence. Afterward, he took questions from the press on the conviction of Joseph Percoco, his former senior aide.
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Cuomo takes on guns, NYCHA and the Percoco verdict
Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined students walking out to protest gun violence. Afterward, he took questions from the press on the conviction of Joseph Percoco, his former senior aide.
MTA
Policy
Can the state implement congestion pricing without NYC’s approval?
It appears as if the congestion pricing process will be far different than it was in 2008, as it is being driven by the governor rather than the New York City mayor - and the state has the right to decide what happens on the city’s streets.
MTA
Policy
How value capture can save New York City’s subways
Value capture, in which the public sector recovers some of the value created by government actions like the construction of a transit line or a rezoning, has recently joined congestion pricing among the most discussed potential funding streams for New York City’s troubled subway system. And it can work.
Politics
Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo’s week of progressive politicking
The governor highlighted his left-wing credentials after news broke of Cynthia Nixon's possible candidacy.
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Nonprofits
Cuomo’s week of progressive politicking
The governor highlighted his left-wing credentials after news broke of Cynthia Nixon's possible candidacy.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
A guide to New York’s gun regulations
New York has a number of restrictions on purchasing guns, and they were tightened with the 2013 SAFE Act.
Kathy Hochul
Opinion
It’s time for menstrual equity
The state Legislature should require free menstrual products in public schools, argue Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf.
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