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Category: Albany

The Staten Island Expressway: Now With Ten Lanes, No EIS Required

Larry Littlefield | September 11, 2016
For most of its history, the Staten Island Expressway had six lanes, with three in each direction, and service...
Albany, New York

Sheldon Silver avoids Jail for Appeal. As I predicted, Silver may walk

Dominic Carter | August 26, 2016
  As I predicted months ago, Sheldon Silver May walk. No jail for at least the next year. Wall...
Albany

The Subway: Mean Distance Between Failures Falling, So Is the 1980s Returning?

Larry Littlefield | August 23, 2016
In the 1990s there was an improving statistic that was as central to New York City’s turnaround as the...
Albany, New York

Public School Finance in the Bloomberg Years: A Detailed, Comprehensive Analysis for NYC and Elsewhere

Larry Littlefield | June 19, 2016
From FY 2002, the last NYC budget before Mike Bloomberg became Mayor, to FY 2014, the last budget of...
Albany, New York

Census Education Finance Data for FY 2014 (Compared with FY 2002)

Larry Littlefield | June 13, 2016
The Census Bureau’s annual education finance data was released for FY 2014 on Friday June 11. The data shows...
Albany, National, New York

New York City’s FY 2017 Budget Proposal: Change from the Recent Past

Larry Littlefield | May 8, 2016
One of Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s best innovations, from a truth telling point of view, was the introduction of a...
Albany, New York

State and Local Government Employment in 2002 and 2014: Bureaucracy, Judicial and Legal, and Public Health Employment and Payroll

Larry Littlefield | April 30, 2016
I will once again end a tabulation of state and local government data from the U.S. Census Bureau with...
Albany, New York

State and Local Government Employment in 2002 and 2014: Infrastructure and Public Amenities

Larry Littlefield | April 24, 2016
There are places in this country, generally rural areas, where people don’t get very much from state and local...
Albany, New York

State and Local Government Employment in 2002 and 2014: Health Care, Social Services and Housing

Larry Littlefield | April 20, 2016
Health care and social assistance, along with payments to individuals, account for the largest share of government spending for...
Albany, New York

State and Local Government Employment in 2002 and 2014: Police, Correction and Fire

Larry Littlefield | April 17, 2016
One of the big issues in last year’s New York City budget negotiations was the level of police staffing....
Albany, New York
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