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The board is made up of the state’s teachers, school boards, superintendents and the PTA, among others. They agree that school spending must increase…

Mayors from across the state have a bone to pick with the Cuomo administration. It’s the governor’s proposal for a 2-percent tax freeze over two years. It…

Community mental health advocates descended on Albany Tuesday. They were there to voice their approval for more than 200-million dollars earmarked in the…

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has outlined more details for establishing a financial restructuring board as a resource for distressed local governments, particularly…

He’s spent over 20 years with Buffalo’s employer-funded economic development organization and retires in June. The Innovation Trail’s Ashley Hassett sat…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0nBd6LO-SU&feature=youtu.beIn October 2012, Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a summit in Albany to promote New York's wine, beer and…

Former Governor David Paterson warned that New York State was approaching a fiscal crisis in a televised address in July of 2008. From when Paterson took…

New York State faces a $10 billion budget gap. Now that the dust is settling from Governor Andrew Cuomo’s state of the state address, his office will be…

In his first step towards cutting the state's looming $9.3 billion deficit, newly-inaugurated Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced plans to cut his own…