Take your chances: A possible windfall, with real risks
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Faced with a $15 billion budget gap, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed the legalization of mobile sports gambling in his 2021/22 budget proposals, an idea budget…
Tom DiNapoli
A dodgy year for sales tax collections
Sales tax collections are considered a go-to economic indicator, giving business and government leaders a quick look at local consumer spending and confidence. But the numbers don’t always tell the…
DiNapoli: Sloppy controls at Upstate IDAs
NY Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is keeping the heat on industrial development agencies around the state, this time with audits that suggest poor followups on approved projects in upstate Niagara, Tompkins and…