Mayor Zohran Mamdani has backed new taxes during his short time in office that would squeeze a combined at least $23 billion out of even middle-class New Yorkers — despite his campaign pledge to ...

New York State spent a record $1.6 billion on overtime for government workers last year as job growth surged in the private ...

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine wants stricter limits on when the city can dip into its emergency savings accounts, ...

NY state budget talks are currently being held up by a range of policy issues as the fate of several fiscal proposals remain ...

Just over three months into office, Mayor Sharon Owens has presented her proposed budget for city councilors to scrutinize. The nearly $354 million proposal, the ...

Lawmakers and organizations are concerned climate issues and other policy stalemates are hogging up the budget limelight.

New York state employees narrowly avoided missed paychecks this week after lawmakers passed a second budget extender, which ...

Big cost increases in Owens’ city government budget include projected health insurance expenses going up by more than $4 ...

In recent weeks, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has indicated that she wants to roll back the state’s landmark Climate ...

Iranian state television is claiming that a U.S. fighter pilot ejected from an aircraft over southwestern Iran, though U.S.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s effort to weaken the law has become the crucial issue in the negotiations, delaying tax hike discussions. ALBANY, New York — The tax hike talk will have to wait. Discussions over ...

A bill that would allow Pinnacol Assurance to formally sever its remaining ties with the state appears unlikely to emerge anytime soon, as House leaders juggle a massive budget shortfall, unresolved ...