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American Community Survey Data: Falling Median Work Earnings by Educational Attainment

Larry Littlefield | October 16, 2016
As I noted in my prior post, The American Community Survey: Economic Changes from 2005 to 2015 the business cycle,...
National, New York

The American Community Survey: Economic Changes from 2005 to 2015

Larry Littlefield | September 28, 2016
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) data was released a couple of weeks ago, and...
National, New York

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

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

The U.S. Labor Force: Running Away from Metros With High Costs of Living

Larry Littlefield | August 14, 2016
In my prior post I noted that the labor force of New York City, which had been soaring for...
National, New York

The Millennials, Treated Like Serfs, May Have Started to Flee New York City

Larry Littlefield | July 31, 2016
I have long wondered if and when New York’s young workers, tired of low wages (or permanent freelancing or...
New York

Census Bureau Pension Data for 2014 and 2015: Not Usable Thanks to NYC

Larry Littlefield | July 26, 2016
The U.S. Census Bureau has released its “individual unit” state and local government pension fund data for FY 2014...
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

Watching Basketball Greatness Evolve

Rock Hackshaw | June 5, 2016
Every now and again I would depart from mundane politics and write a column on contemporary basketball during the...
New York, News and Opinion
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