New Year hops: Madore leaving LCA, Lam to Rubenstein
It’s a time of change: new administrations, a new year, and arguably, a new world order. Here are a few other hops worth noting. – James T. Madore, Newsday’s property-tax focused Albany bureau chief is...
View ArticleCutting Regents exams? LIFO is ‘moot’
Pandering to the stoned, high school slacker portion of the Cap Con audience (and yes, note this post is in the “Shen Mafia” category) I offer this from New York State Education Director David Steiner,...
View ArticleSo, just how hard are these schools getting hit?
Let’s look at school cuts, using this handy spreadsheet the Office of the State Comptroller put out today. Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released these data along with a report that concluded, according to...
View ArticleThe media carousel: Reisman to YNN
Mutual congratulations to Nick Reisman and YNN on the latest example of a talented ink/byte-stained wretch making the transition to TV work. Reisman will join “Capitol Tonight” and its blog, State of...
View ArticleThe 100 top-paying Upstate school districts
My colleague Scott Waldman wrote this morning about a new study ranking the median teacher salary for school districts in Upstate New York that found Capital Region schools accounted for four of the...
View ArticleCapitol moves: ESD hires Kay Sarlin
(1) The Cuomo administration has hired Kay Sarlin, an associate commissioner of New York City’s Department of Consumer Affairs, to serve as a top spokesperson for Empire State Development. She’ll work...
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