Will the Euro crisis bust the city’s budget? Who shoulders NYC’s tax burden? What would WalMart mean for Harlem? What do immigrants mean for native employment? All that and more…
From schools to public housing to hospitals that serve the poor, private firms are being brought in to rescue remnants of an earlier, more ambitious era of government.
One of northern Manhattan’s largest non-profit organizations, only last year the focus of a city investigation into corruption allegations, now faces a fresh crisis – one that threatens to disrupt…
The former congressman who guided New York State through the 1970s fiscal emergency as governor, was 92. A 2010 biography reassessed Carey’s role during the days of crisis.
Hundreds gathered around City Hall on Tuesday to argue that Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed budget cuts don’t add up—because there’s already ample money in the city’s coffers to close this year’s…
Closing fire companies to reduce the city’s budget gap could have broad ripple effects as firefighters travel farther to get to emergencies and deal with buildings with which they aren’t…
While announcing the restoration of some child care services that had been targeted for cuts, the mayor’s plan projects that many agency budgets will see bigger reductions than earlier predicted.
Through the transitional jobs program, hundreds of former welfare recipients have performed actual city jobs—not workfare. But state budget reductions will force the program to scale back.
As leaders in Washington, Albany and City Hall have contemplated huge funding reductions, advocates have mounted protests, written letters and pleaded through the press. Now some are giving up food.…