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Generational Equity and The 25 Percent

Larry Littlefield | May 30, 2016
Here is food for thought. In 1978 I earned the minimum wage: $2.65 per hour. Adjusted for inflation that...
National

Ten Years A Blogger and a One Man Think Tank

Larry Littlefield | May 22, 2016
Ten years ago today I up loaded my first post to the group blog Room Eight, after having been...
News and Opinion

New York City’s FY 2017 Budget Proposal: More for Those Who Have More Leaves Less for Those Who Have Less

Larry Littlefield | May 12, 2016
As noted in my prior post, the current New York City budget documents are being presented in a way...
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

McGreevey teaches me some things about Black America

Dominic Carter | May 7, 2016
McGreevey, yes, the former Gov,  “keeps it real” on the American Prison System, and I was completely caught off...
News and Opinion

A Sad Letter to Comedian Larry Wilmore

Dominic Carter | May 1, 2016
Dear Brother Wilmore:Стойки I understand the game well. Controversy sells, and makes our careers more marketable, but at what...
News and Opinion

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

There Goes the Friggin NYC Board of Elections Again

Rock Hackshaw | April 25, 2016
I became a citizen of the USA (United States of Amnesia) in 1996. The same day I swore in...
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

Reflections on Liang NYPD Case

Dominic Carter | April 24, 2016
Five Years Probation, 800 hours Community Service, and Manslaughter down to Criminally Neg. Homicide. The Sentence for former NYPD...
News and Opinion
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