No, I didn’t write the headline, but it pretty well sums up the situation. The New York City Department of Education has new rules to simplify picking schools for pre-K and kindergarteners, and the implications are clear as mud: The … Continue reading
If you’ve been dying to know what Congress’ economic stimulus package means for your Section 179 deductions, your prayers have been answered: The Senate version of an economic stimulus bill, which could come to a vote this week, contains several … Continue reading
In the course of responding to the New Yorker’s problematic profile of Rudy Giuliani a couple of weeks ago (by Elizabeth Kolbert, who’s usually one of my favorite of their writers, but who usually sticks to environmental issues), I tackle … Continue reading
Washington, D.C., is considering a requirement that all city businesses provide paid sick leave to their employees; I take a look at the issue for Fortune Small Business, which, for obvious reasons, is mostly concerned with what this means for … Continue reading
The New York city council debate over whether to continue Madison Square Garden’s $11-million-a-year exemption from property taxes – which was supposed to end in 1992, but somebody forgot to write that into the legislation – has not exactly covered … Continue reading
My regular Monday op-ed schedule resumes, with a look ahead to tonight’s public meeting on the future of Coney Island that manages to avoid using the term “shell game”: The announcement reads “community information session,” but “Fireworks at Coney Island … Continue reading
With Metro NY taking the last two Mondays off for the holidays, I get a special Wednesday op-ed slot today. The subject is appropriately holiday-themed: How attention to the poor disappears after Christmas, and what that means for those trying … Continue reading
I’m going to be on KPFA-FM in the Bay Area tomorrow morning at 7:30 am, discussing the proposed San Francisco 49ers football stadium in Santa Clara. Those out of reach of KPFA’s signal (like me) can listen live via the … Continue reading
Apparently not everybody reads Metro NY. Two weeks after I debunked the claims that the recent theater stagehands’ strike was costing New York City $2 million a day, this week’s New York magazine declaims, in 30-point type no less: …the … Continue reading
Tuesday’s amNewYork had this to say about late-night shows’ attempts to get back on the air despite the writers’ strike: Noticeably absent from the hoopla is David Letterman, who is trying another tact, according to Tom Keaney, spokesman for the … Continue reading