NY State Ed’s pathetic response to rising chronic absenteeism in schools: We’ll stop tracking it
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NY State Ed’s pathetic response to rising chronic absenteeism in schools: We’ll stop tracking it

ByNews Polite

For years now, we’ve been slamming the State Education Department and its rulers, the state Board of Regents, as having turned against anything resembling excellence, but we’re still shocked at SED’s latest move. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli just issued a blaring alarm about how truancy soared in New York schools…

Hochul’s ‘moderate’ budget plan still leaves New York on a path to fiscal doomsday
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Hochul’s ‘moderate’ budget plan still leaves New York on a path to fiscal doomsday

ByNews Polite

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s new budget plan includes a record $227 billion in spending, plus at least $1.6 billion in tax hikes. The left wants a lot more, but that hardly makes her a fiscal conservative. She’d increase taxes on payrolls in the 12-county “MTA region” by $810 million and extend…

New York has fourth-highest household debt in US — and it’s rising
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New York has fourth-highest household debt in US — and it’s rising

ByNews Polite

New York state residents have the fourth highest personal household debt in the country — and the burden is only growing heavier, according to a recent government report. The office of Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a report this week indicating that New Yorkers were carrying an average household debt of…