Only 76 new jobs were created by the vaunted Start-Up NY program in its first year. Which works out to about 697,000 state dollars per job. Hoping that engine catches soon …
Watching Governor Cuomo’s State of the State/Budget address today, I felt proud of New York, and for a brief moment forgot about the math.
As someone who frequently avails himself of roads, rails, bridges and tunnels, I’d be a hypocrite to dismiss spending on improvements. But when grand ideas cost multiple billions of dollars — and I have an opportunity to caricature our governor — even a cartoonist starts to think about math.
When news outlets began reporting that some bad men had busted themselves out upstate, initially this was what I thought they meant.
Once you’ve seen one musty old power vacuum, you’ve seen ’em all.
Gov. Cuomo’s better policy positions got shelved but at least we have a budget. Right?
The dueling roles of the NY State legislator does make one pause, especially considering the legislative part generally pays the least.
