Governor Hochul’s FY 2026 $252 Billion budget

The New York State budget has a 27-month cycle. Before Governor’s announcement in January, the process starts when the previous budget passed the Albany legislature supposedly by March 31. The fiscal year is April 1 until March 31. All approved appropriations must be disbursed by December 31. Thus preparation of the FY 2024 budget started … Read more

Marijuana and Crime

How many criminals had marijuana in their system when they committed their act? The City does not track it since there is no accepted instrument such as a breathalyzer to measure marijuana. Can someone invent one?

A culprit of housing crisis: rent control laws

To resolve high rent and low vacancy in the city that has decreasing population, one must examine why there is a supply problem through the housing pipeline from construction, marketing, leasing and selling including DoF real estate tax and DoB permits and inspections. One stubborn factor is the inherent unfairness baked into the system by … Read more

Post-Election Political Shenanigans

Delayed approval by Panel for Education Policy’s $17 million contract for NCS Pearson’s SHSAT high school test. Adultery is no longer a crime. Neither is jaywalking in NYC. Congestion Pricing pause (June 5, 2024) – unpause (January 5, 2025) VP Harris 15-week $1.5 billion spending spree. Typical Democrat. Non Citizen Voting: Fossella v. Adams argument … Read more

Congestion Pricing: She said, he said.

Election has consequence. On Congestion Pricing, Governor Hochul wants to restart it on January 5, 2025. President-Elect Donald Trump said he will kill it after taking office on January 20, 2025. Can someone come up a quantitative way to evidence “pollution reduction”, “service improvement” due to congestion pricing, commute time reduction, cost savings, etc. Meanwhile … Read more