Uncategorized LOW EXPECTATIONS The Independent Budget Office’s forecast of the coming years sees deficits climbing and more jobs leaving town.
Uncategorized STATE SPENDING The charge that states created thier own problems by letting spending skyrocket doesn’t square with the numbers, a new report argues.
Uncategorized BANK DEPOSIT Four banks have agreed to put up 80 percent of a $200 million housing development fund.
Uncategorized MOTHER'S DAY MAKEOVER One of the nation’s leading predatory lenders got some help from ACS this weekend in its public image makeover campaign.
Uncategorized PILOT GROUNDED A state court has officially declared the Council’s 2000 effort to reshape the city’s welfare-to-work program invalid.
Uncategorized PRIVATE CASH, PUBLIC BOOKS The Conflicts of Interest Board says it’s OK to raise private money, and the city kicks of a multimillion dollar campaign for the libraries.
Uncategorized GUN COURT The mayor’s launching a gun court just for five Brooklyn precints that account for a quarter of the city’s shootings.
Uncategorized DIVIDEND CUT MOVES Congress is advancing the White House’s proposal to eliminate income taxes on corporate dividends this week.
Uncategorized SMOOTH EXITS Administration officials are ironing out a system for smoothly discharging mentally ill inmates from city jails.
Uncategorized DRUG DEAL Pfizer Inc. will move 1,000 jobs to Manhattan in the next year and buy a Third Avenue office building.
