The legislative elves of Albany have been busy putting together their responses to Gov. Hochul's proposed budget, a treasured step in the yearly budget dance. On Monday night, we finally learned some details.
The city's independent budget wonks have entered the free buses fray with an analysis of their very own — estimating the cost of eliminating bus fares to be lower than either supporters or skeptics of the proposal have suggested.
Stop the steal! New York State has been underfunding the MTA by hundreds of millions of dollars for decades, quietly reclassifying dedicated county taxes as its own contribution to the transit agency's operating budget.
New York passed its Complete Streets law in 2011 after my 14-year-old daughter Brittany was hit and killed on Sunrise Highway. But the governor has not yet signed a bill that would make roads safer.
New York's legislature is only following Tennessee and other states that are seeking to make drunk drivers pay child support if their actions orphan a child.