Those of us who live and work in New York City have an obligation to pay it back in some form by helping to make it financially stronger and passing it on to future New Yorkers as an even better place in which to live and work.

A new report says the number of low-income working families who receive child-care subsidies from the New York City government is on the decline. ...

Each year at this time, the mayor and the City Council engage in a "budget dance" over which of the spending cuts proposed in the mayor's budget for the fiscal year will be restored. But this year they're dancing to the wrong tune.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state on Monday warned health insurers they would lose state contracts if women on Medicaid are denied their choice of h...

By Michael Gormley, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo has missed the first deadlines of a state law aimed at ensuring the passage ...

By MICHAEL GORMLEY - Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. -- Overtime abuses that padded pensions totaled more than $1 million at the authority that runs...

NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday unveiled a shrinking budget that would cut corners throughout New York City – from classrooms...

He's not a Republican, but New York conservatives like what they see so far from Gov. Andrew Cuomo. From the New York Post: Gov. Cuomo earned plaudi...

While New York faces a budget crisis -- and budget cuts are inevitable -- Andrew Cuomo has chosen to emulate Reagan rather than his father.

The MTA may put welfare recipients to work, cleaning the city's trains and subways, in an effort to cut costs in wake of a large state deficit that ha...

With the April 1 deadline to pass a state budget looming, Gov. Cuomo warned New Yorkers that the government could stop running. From the Daily News: ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — More than 40 elected Democrats made a rare attack on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his proposed cuts to the party's priorities of educati...

Cathie Black has experienced what may be her first successful public outing as chancellor. Yesterday the chancellor went to Albany to convince lawma...

Mayor Bloomberg announced plans on Thursday to lay off thousands of city workers, in one of the most visible signs yet of the recession's toll. In pre...

As Andrew Cuomo takes over the reins of New York, he's being watched by a very proud father. But don't let Mario Cuomo hear you use the word proud.

While next year's budget may be grim reading for state employees and unions, it is more than likely that it will do little to address the underlying reasons for New York's fiscal woes.

Last spring, while the New York legislature stubbornly refused to agree on a budget, Richard Ravitch came up with a plan to rein in the state's out of control deficit. It was a tough sell.

By Heather Grossmann DNAinfo News Editor MANHATTAN -- New York State finally passed it's four-month late budget with the State Senate's approved o...

The mayor is said to be mulling a charge for garbage pickup. When something isn't happening, but could conceivably happen in the future, it's a mull.

As Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg unveiled a bleak $63 billion budget on Thursday, he warned that it would cause a lot of pain to many New Yorkers and he ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (Associated Press) - Gov. David Paterson tried to deliver his budget bill to the Legislature on Monday morning, but the Assembly and Sena...

The Legislature on Monday night narrowly approved boosting the state's tax on cigarettes by an additional $1.60 - to a national-high $4.35 a pack. Tha...