New Census numbers tell a sad tale of Albany's failure to look out for the state's best interests
Some people read obituaries. Some people scan death notices. We study the United States Census because, moving van by moving van, New York is dying. An estimated 1.7 million people fled the state over the last decade, the largest number anywhere in America. That's because we do things big in the Empire State. We tax big. We govern big. We regulate big. We kill jobs big. * Taxes trigger a Texodus in New York (DN)
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Pay to Play Albany
A look back at a scandal-scarred, deficit-plagued year in state government. * NY reform advocates say Cuomo can start fixing Albany alone (NTP)
Pay to Play Albany
A look back at a scandal-scarred, deficit-plagued year in state government. * NY reform advocates say Cuomo can start fixing Albany alone (NTP)
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MAlbany's Economic Damage Continues
The NYT Which Did in Paterson with Its Domestic Violence Interference Investigation, Now Tries to Build good felling for Paterson?
David Paterson must cope to life away from politics without ever having learned how to read Braille * For Paterson’s Parents, the Choice Was Independence Over Special Education(NYT) * The good, the bad, the governor (TU)
Bloomberg’s Blind Spot Technocrat mayor overstocks laboratory of ideas (NY Mag)
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You Talkin’ to Me? Cabbies in New York City are getting a new dress code. Just don’t expect to see too much change too soon. (NYT Ed)
EXCLUSIVE: 9/11 litigators grabbed 'Zadroga' website name to lure compensation cases (DN) * Zadroga bill: I'm fine being bad guy if it saves U.S., GOP Sen. Tom Coburn says
Coney attractions want $2M to leave (DN)
Irish in New York Look for the Forgotten Elderly (NYT)
Welcome to Wal-Mart? Even Some of Its Fans Don’t Want One in the City(NYT)
Terrorism JFK guards fired for sleeping on the job, but snoozing boss still employed (NYP) * Security blankets PATH tunnels get bomb-proof wrap (NYP)
Law and Order U.S. Marshals Mishandled Forfeitures, Suit Says (NYT) * Harlem teen gunned down on Bronx subway station (DN) * BasketballStar shot in Harlem (NYP) * Court's 'nut' case (NYP) * Just commutation (NYP Ed) * Victim's stepbrother: 'Slay' rapper shouldn't have confessed (NYP)
New York and other states that played a pivotal part in aiding the Northern effort in the Civil War are scrimping when it comes to commemorating its 150th anniversary.* N.Y. Forgoes Civil War Remembrance
New York and other states that played a pivotal part in aiding the Northern effort in the Civil War are scrimping when it comes to commemorating its 150th anniversary.* N.Y. Forgoes Civil War Remembrance
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A Look Back: Weiner, Rangel on the House Floor [VIDEO] (TPM)
PA Gov. Ed Rendell isn’t happy about the Eagles-Vikings game being postponed due to the storm.
A look at the public private nature of the A Look Back: Weiner, Rangel on the House Floor [VIDEO] (TPM)
PA Gov. Ed Rendell isn’t happy about the Eagles-Vikings game being postponed due to the storm.