Columnist
Jim Brennan
Articles
- MTA May Have Halted Subway Ridership Decline, But Gains Very Fragile
- Trump Tells the Truth, Sort of - Poverty & Unemployment Rates Down for People of Color, But Full Story is Complicated
- The State’s $7 Billion MTA IOU Comes Due
- New York City Further Dominates State Job Growth; Rest of State Still Growing Slowly
- New York Builds on Its Extensive Climate Leadership
- At 94%, New York Health Insurance Coverage Best of Four Most Populous States
- Federal Tax Reform is Shaking Up New York’s Finances But Flow of Bank Settlement Money is Bailing Out the State Budget
- Are the Votes There to Pass Congestion Pricing Through the State Legislature?
- Despite Need, Gaining More State Support for Affordable Housing Remains Major Challenge for De Blasio
- LIRR’s Heavy Subsidies and the Coming Debate Over MTA Funding
- Stabilizing the MTA’s Rocky Finances in 2019 and Beyond
- New York Democrats Won Big on Election Night, But Many Legislative Wins Were Razor-Thin
- New York City Residents and Economy are Generating an Increasingly Large Share of State Government Resources
- Surging Democratic Voter Turnout in New York City May Mean Greater Importance in State Elections
- Federal Corporate Tax Cuts Just Gave New Billions to New York Businesses - What About the MTA?
- The Upstate Economy and The Election for Governor
- The Byford Plan and the MTA Information Deficit
- State Budget Does Help Mass Transit, But MTA Capital Plan Uncertainty Rising
- Congestion Pricing Train Already Running Late in Albany
- With MTA Facing Massive Shortfall, A Lot Riding on New Congestion Pricing Push
- Contrary to Cuomo Claim, Upstate Economy Faltered This Century, Not Last
- Upstate New York is Home to Heavy Voter Turnout, Major State Investment and Minimal Job Growth
- The MTA’s Long-Term Financial Problem Is Severe and May Soon Be Worse
- The Mayor’s Best Argument on Transit System Funding
- The Governor Cannot Duck Reckoning for Mass Transit Decline
- National Test Scores Renew Questions About Mayor's Education Reforms
- Preventing Cuts in Education