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State and Local Government Employment in 2002 and 2014: Higher Education

Larry Littlefield | April 15, 2016
In the United States, more government workers are employed in elementary and secondary education than any in other local...
Albany, New York

Local Government Employment in 2002 and 2014: Public Schools

Larry Littlefield | April 13, 2016
Relative to population and even, in some places, in absolute numbers, state and local government employment has fallen in...
Albany, New York

State and Local Government Employment: Census Bureau Data for FY 2014 Compared With FY 2002

Larry Littlefield | April 8, 2016
In 2014 and 2015, I compiled extensive data, and published a bunch of posts, based on Census of Governments...
Albany, New York

Local Government Employment: Up in New York in 2015

Larry Littlefield | March 21, 2016
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released rebenchmarked wage and salary employment data for 2015 last Friday, and I took...
Albany, New York

The NYC Subway: Squeezing the Serfs

Larry Littlefield | January 2, 2016
The demand for subway service is soaring. In the private sector, such soaring demand would probably lead to more...
Albany, New York

NYC Subway Service: AM Peak Hour In 1954 and 2014

Larry Littlefield | December 28, 2015
After years of soaring ridership, the NYC subway has reached the level of patronage that it had immediately after...
Albany, New York

Some Notes About New York from the Bureau of Economic Analysis

Larry Littlefield | December 22, 2015
Local Area Personal income data has been released for 2014, and I’ve downloaded it to see if some of...
Albany, New York

Capone on Tax Evasion Rather Than Murder

Larry Littlefield | December 12, 2015
What can one say? According to something that came in the mail, we are up to 33 New York...
Albany, New York

D’Amato “Final Nail” At Skelos Trail Friday

Dominic Carter | December 5, 2015
At the Skelos Trial, Fellow Republican Al D’Amato may be the “final nail” against Dean Skelos and his son...
Albany, New York, News and Opinion

The Gateway Tunnel and New Bus Terminal: More Money that New Jersey and the Port Authority Can Afford, and More Time Than They Have

Larry Littlefield | October 20, 2015
We are told that we have a crisis. The two Pennsylvania Railroad tunnels under the Hudson River are more...
Albany, New York
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