NEWS - FEBRUARY 2005
- Comptroller:
Executive budget proposal balanced but needs legislative
action to stay that way (February 28, 2005)
- Unions,
spending interests propose raising taxes by up to $10 billion
(February 21, 2005)
- New
York State's county officials, farmers, and business leaders
launch series of rallies to urge Albany to give Medicaid
relief to counties, taxpayers (February 17, 2005)
- Showing
New York's schools the path to improvement: 14 schools earn
2005 Pathfinder Awards (February 15, 2005)
- CFE
judge orders spending another $7.4 billion a year on NYC
schools; stage set for more court action, (February
15, 2005)
- Federal
Reserve study: New York's high spending, taxes aren't based
on need, (February 9, 2005)
- Council to reprise
its seminar on managing real-property tax assessments
(February 8, 2005)
- Council
tells legislators what issues will affect their 2005 grades
on Council's legislative report card, the 'Vote for Jobs
Index' (February 2, 2005)
- Comptroller
Hevesi proposes new limits on state debt (February
1, 2005)
- Walsh: New York's success enacting welfare reform proves that Medicaid reform is politically possible (February 1, 2005)