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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