N.Y.C. Children May Get Up to $3,000 From City for College Accounts
The city’s current savings plan starts with $100. A City Council proposal would make the initial contributions among the highest anywhere.
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How Your Friend Group Influences How You Spend and Save
Our spending habits are often influenced by our social circles. You can help shape what it looks like.
Bourscheidt, Randall
Randall Bourscheidt, Wide-Ranging Arts Advocate, Dies at 81
He helped triple New York City’s arts budget, led research to promote cultural funding and supported artists with H.I.V. and AIDS.
Budgets and Budgeting
What’s Inside New York’s $269 Billion Budget: Second-Home Tax, Restrictions on ICE and More
Gov. Kathy Hochul used the budget as a vehicle for policy initiatives, including a new second-home tax and a push to make the state less hospitable to ICE agents.
China
Xi Jinping Quit Smoking. China Still Cannot.
China’s tobacco monopoly has become so financially vital to the government that even its powerful leader has failed to curb the country’s smoking habit.
Gallagher, Emily E (1984- )
Lawmakers Face a Personal Fiscal Crisis: No Budget, No Paycheck
New York State’s budget is the most delayed it’s been since 2010. That means legislators have gone without pay, creating financial hardships familiar to many New Yorkers.
United States Politics and Government
Trump Administration Offers Conflicting View of Civil Rights Cuts
Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said she wants to hire more civil rights lawyers, but the White House has proposed cutting that office in half.