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NY State Ed's pathetic response to rising chronic absenteeism in schools: We'll stop tracking it
For years now, we've been slamming the State Education Department and its rulers, the state Board of Regents, as having turned against anythi﷽ng resembling excellence, but we're still shocked at...
꧟ Hooray! Thieving NYS pol loses her taxpa🍸yer-funded pension
Steuben Cou💯nty village clerk Ursula Stone allegedly stole $1.2 million over her 19-year career; prosecuted under the state’s anti-corruption law, she's agreed to give up her $1,920 monthly pension.
Hochul's COVID report leaves NY still lacking answers four years later
More than four years after the eruption of the 2020 COVI🔴D pandemic, New Yorkers still have no reliable, independent assessment of how well their leaders responded. 🌃
Wall Street bonuses drop 2% in 2023 despite banks' higher profits -- here's why
The slight dip came even as Wall Sဣtreet profits were up 1.8% last year, according to the annual estimate from Thomas DiNapoli, the state’s comptroller. 𒅌
Gov. Hochul has no excuse for resorting🌳 to shady budget tricks
State comptroller Tom DiNapoli is warning thatඣ Gov. Hochul is up to her old tricks: keeping billions in state outlays out of the main budgeting process and protected from vital...
๊ Andrew Cuomo shows no shame for his scandals -- making dreꩲam political comeback a fantasy
Recently, former NY State Governor Andrew Cuomo opposed the congestion pricing plan he signed into law and made other cit꧑y-based comments suggesting he could run for mayor in 2025.♊
DiNapoಌli warns Albany against killing the golden goose with new tax hikes
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli just released a report flagging that tax hike꧙s on the rich could reduce state revenues by prompting high-earner flight.
'Lack' of tight border policy, federal funding created 'unsustainable' fiscal picture for NYC: report
꧂ State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli cast a cold eye on President Joe Biden’s ability to secure the southern border and stop a stream of homeless migrants🌼 to New York.
Hochul's back to signing poorly vetted deals using 'emergency' powers
♑ No sooner did the COVID “emergency” fade than Gov. Kathy Hochul, in May, declared yet another one — this time for the flood of migrants swamping New York. 💞
NY’s budget gaps expected to balloon to $36B by 2027: comptroller 🧸
"The estim𒀰ated gaps are well above typical forecasted levels over the previous 15 years," wrote DiNapoli in the 28-page report.
Migrant crisis threatens NYC's fiscal stability
At this point, Adams' best hope, and the city's, is that the courts agree it's final⛎ly time to end the unlimited "right to shelter."
༺ NYC has recovered 99% of lost pandemic jobs, gains uneven across economy ও
𝐆 A new analysis by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli highlights the Big Apple's ongoing struggle with the economic damage caused by the pandemic as job losses remain in some industries.
GOP state senators demand DiNapoli audit MTA: 'Enough is enough'
"The MTA needs to exhibit some fiscal responsibility and get its own financial house in order before asking f🌠or the taxpayers of our state to bail them out," the pols.🐷..
DiNapoli's alarm on NYC budget is depressingly realistic
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli warns that the city’s budget deficit by 2027 could be doublꦉe what City Hall now est🔯imates, and his arguments are depressingly strong.
W-ꦐ2 forms mistake affects 2,500 CUNY and SUNY worke🎀rs
The New York state comptroller's office sent out incorrect tax for🌠ms to🐈 some CUNY and SUNY workers.
Hochul's 'moderate' budget plan still leaves New York on a path to fiscal doomsday
Progress꧋ives are eager to kill the Empire State's golden ꧂goose and feast on the corpse. It sure would've been nice if Hochul's opening offer was to bleed the poor bird...
Adams hits 'disingenuine' comptroller over migrant comments
Eric Adams clapped back after❀ city Comptroller Brad Lander criticized his weekend trip to the southern US border and said it wouldn't help the city secure emergency aid.
'Can you believe it?': Eric Adams blasts NY comptroller for migrant budget critique
"Can you asওk the comptroller to show you the letter he wrote to the federal government asking for help for us?" Adams fumed during a news conference at🥀 City Hall.
Kathy Hochu🅘l sworn in to full four-year term as gov as fights lo🅘om with legislators
💦 Gov. Hochul was sworn into a full term in office Sunday ahead of what will likely be a contentious year with Democr꧟atic state lawmakers.
GOP reps press DiNapoli on pre-election delay of unemployment fr🐈aud audit
GOꦍP reps want to know why NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli waited until after the Nov. 8 election to release to detail billions lost to state unemployment fraud.