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Stringer sent a letter to Mayor de Blasio on Monday calling on the city to fully fund the indirect cost rate (ICR) initiative.

Sources say compromises on top line issues like unemployment insurance spells a higher likelihood for a COVID-19 relief bill to pass and more aid to state and local governments.

No surprises from the Fed, not much for it to do at this point.

Florida TaxWatch and environmentalists are urging Florida lawmakers to stop planning for the Suncoast Connector and others before millions are spent.

State revenues for fiscal 2020 came in 5.7% lower than Florida forecasters anticipated because of business disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The order also creates a chief diversity officer in all city agencies to help with the efforts.

Having people who are “outside the mainstream” on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors won’t create “huge amounts of problems” because they won’t set the path for monetary policy alone, former New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said.

With prospects of federal aid waning, an $8 billion revenue gap will leave the the state government and Gov. Andrew Cuomo few attractive options.

Several scenarios exists offering different potential outcomes, according to an observer.

The pandemic has magnified the woes of New York City’s public hospital system — long a problem unit — the comptroller said.