Cuomo cure for nonprofit excess exempts high-paid health execs

State cap on publicly funded salaries cuts out some of New York's biggest spenders ⧸ Full Story

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

City Council spotlights massive backlog in veterans’ benefits

Advocates press for local funding to serve unmet needs of ex-military ⧸ Full Story

Taxpayers fight for full credit

Financial advisers urge those claiming Earned Income Tax Credit in New York not to be scared off by state audits ⧸ 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

NYC banking oversight board in limbo

Mayor and Council Speaker mum on monitors for financial institutions holding city deposits ⧸ Full Story

What is New York’s minimum wage hike worth?

How New York's pay floor — set to rise to $9 an hour — compares with those set by other states ⧸ 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

VIDEO: Bringing you into power

Participatory budgeting offers a chance to get involved in decisions shaping neighborhoods ⧸ Full Story

City Council braces to restore cut child care funding — again

Last year, the mayor and members made an 11th-hour deal to save funding to serve thousands of preschoolers. Is a rescue possible this time around? ⧸ Full Story

City investigates overpayment to contractors’ private pensions

“I don't think we really know what's going on, quite honestly, and it's not through lack of asking,” budget director tells Council ⧸ 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

INTERACTIVE: How to pay a $4.5 billion bill

After Congress clears the way, Bloomberg budget shows first detailed picture of Sandy spending city seeks to recoup ⧸ Full Story

What Hizzoner left behind

Five legacies you might not know Mayor Ed Koch left New York City ⧸ Full Story

What fees are going up in this year’s city budget?

If you drive, go to school or end up in jail, you'll pay: Here are a few ways New Yorkers will help balance the city budget ⧸ 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

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

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