Bill Thompson’s well-paved private sector path
Mayoral candidate prospered as exec of bond firm whose city business boomed during his stint as comptroller ⧸ Full Story
Articles By Nathaniel Herz
City bargains tough with unions — in public forum
Deputy Mayor takes case against retroactive wages and health care contributions to budget watchdog group ⧸ Full Story
Night of the living tax break
New York City’s zombie corporate property tax abatement died in 2008 but endures at a cost to the city of hundreds of millions of dollars a year ⧸ Full Story
State spending remains hidden from public view
Corruption case puts spotlight on shadowy development funds in state budget ⧸ Full Story
Records link second Bronx Assembly member to bribe case
ID'ing "Assemblyman-1" in indictment of Assemblyman Eric Stevenson ⧸ Full Story
Mysterious money
Bill Thompson's mayoral campaign leads the field in leaving out details on sources of funds ⧸ Full Story
NYC banking oversight board in limbo
Mayor and Council Speaker mum on monitors for financial institutions holding city deposits ⧸ Full Story
Bloomberg and Liu’s losing investment
How the mayor and the comptroller who wants to replace him fumbled a chance to save the city billions ⧸ Full Story
Titanic II on the Hudson
City Economic Development Corp. explored digging West Side berth for replica of the doomed cruise ship ⧸ Full Story
Breakable bonds leave city a winner in smoking slowdown
New York City sold Wall Street on the idea that a multibillion-dollar tobacco industry settlement was a cash cow. Now investors are staring down default, helped along by the mayor's anti-cigarette crusade. ⧸ Full Story
Comptroller opens Checkbook 2.0
Sequel to city's public contracts database offers code and content to help outsiders watchdog government spending ⧸ Full Story
Campaign fundraiser gets gig at Thompson-tied Battery Park City Authority
Ex-Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro raised $30,000 weeks before deal to provide legal services ⧸ Full Story
Gulf Coast collected billions from flood insurance, repays with ‘no’ votes for Sandy
Texas alone received $5.5 billion — and cast eight votes in the House against replenishing program's funds ⧸ Full Story
Senators say no to storm aid — after their states received it
FEMA funding to protect against future disasters proves popular in states now resisting Sandy relief package in Congress ⧸ Full Story
New York a leading provider of subsidies to assault weapons makers
Eight states have lured assault weapons makers with $19 million tax breaks and other aid — including New York, which ranks No. 2 in the nation. ⧸ Full Story
State of visibility for City Comptroller Liu
Adding up the proposals from the city's chief accountant as he hurtles toward the 2013 mayor's race ⧸ Full Story
Real estate giants push for break on buildings’ Battery Park City payments
Request follows similar deal last year that cost public authority $279 million ⧸ Full Story
Lhota-for-mayor web domains claimed in September (UPDATED)
'LhotaforNYC' and 'Lhota2013' sites reserved more than a month before Sandy lifted MTA chief's political prospects ⧸ Full Story
Sandy’s monstrous math problem
How the Bloomberg administration came up with its $9.8 billion (or $15 billion — who's counting?) recovery price tag for Congress ⧸ Full Story
Army Corps sweeps in to relieve city of debris
Feds draw on $95 million contract to haul 1.8 million tons of trash out of town ⧸ Full Story