New York Economy

Paterson: 'Cutting Now Will Be Less Damaging Than Gutting Later'

nytimes.com | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York


Gov. David A. Paterson took to the radio, trying, in interviews on half a dozen stations, to add a sense of urgency to the budget negotiations, and re...

Paterson: New York Is Running Out Of Money

nytimes.com | DANNY HAKIM | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York


Gov. David A. Paterson took the rare step on Monday of addressing a joint session of the Legislature during its traditional off-season and used the sp...

How Deep Is New York's Deficit?

timesunion.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York


Gov. David Paterson has threatened, scolded and tried to cajole legislators into addressing the state's growing budget deficit. But despite his Monday...

Gillibrand: Cap And Trade Could Benefit New York

wsj.com | KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York


Over the past year, the economic crisis has devastated the financial services industry that fueled New York's boom years. The ripple effect from Wall ...

Economic Crisis Is Conspiring Against The Knicks

Daily Intel | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York


Get your act together, economy, we're trying to sign LeBron here!...

NY Lottery Considers $37 Million Gamble: May Dump Treasuries For Riskier Assets

Bloomberg | Michael Quint | Posted 03.13.2009 | Business


Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The New York Lottery is proposing a gamble where the odds aren't always in its favor -- moving its $1.3 billion prize fund into...

Eyes And Ears: First Straw Polls, Now Coffee Polls? More Notes From The Final Weeks of Election '08

Off The Bus | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home


Off The Bus

I saw my physician last week and she said that many of her black women patients were experiencing higher than normal blood pressures. She recommended that we double the dose of our hypertension meds until Obama wins.