Editorial | NYC should save it for a ‘rainy day’ in future budgets
In politics, everyone wants to talk about spending money; no one wants to talk about saving it. Why?…
NYC budget: Mamdani and Levine want new rainy day fund rules before the next fiscal downpour
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Comptroller Mark Levine urged New York City’s Charter Revision Commission on Government Efficiency…
Book it! Mamdani baselines funding in budget for NYC public libraries, but falls short of campaign goal
The $31.7 million baseline, Hizzoner said, seeks to no longer treat the New York, Queens and Brooklyn Public…
Editorial | Solving NYC’s budget deficit with common sense
Back in January, just weeks into his administration, Mamdani told New Yorkers the city was caught in a…
Editorial | NYC should not spend money it doesn’t have
Levine’s analysis of the proposed pied-a-terre tax — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed surcharge on second homes owned by…
Editorial | Doing what’s right for NYC, and its budget
On Tuesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin appeared together in the City Hall rotunda,…
Hochul proposes tax on luxury second homes in NYC; Mamdani and Menin approve
Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to seek state budget legislation allowing New York City to impose a property tax…
Editorial | The flashing warning light for NYC’s economy
The negative outlooks for New York City’s economy are precursors to an even worse fate if the city…
Editorial | NYC spends too much money. It’s time to get things under control.
City Comptroller Mark Levine said on Wednesday that the NYC budget gap now stands at a projected $7.3…
Mamdani’s NYC Property Tax Threat: Bluff or Budget Bombshell?
This week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani shocked New Yorkers with a proposal to cover the city’s looming budget shortfalls…