In 2014, New York voters approved the Smart Schools Bond Act, a plan to borrow $2 billion to fund technology upgrades in schools and construct classroom space for growing pre-kindergarten programs.
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In 2014, New York voters approved the Smart Schools Bond Act, a plan to borrow $2 billion to fund technology upgrades in schools and construct classroom space for growing pre-kindergarten programs.
...Spurred by new laws, especially the Farm Brewery Law, the number of farm breweries in New York leaped from 45 in 2014 to 168 in 2017. And the overall number of breweries — which includes farm brewers, micro brewers and restaurant brewers — more...
The State Education Department released the results of the 2017 Grades 3-8 English language arts (ELA) and mathematics tests. In ELA this year, the percentage of students in grades 3-8 who scored at the proficient level (Levels 3 and 4)...
State lawmakers receive millions of dollars a year in reimbursements for travel and daily stipends for every day they are at the state Capitol. The amount of the per diems are set by federal law, but it's the lawmakers themselves who report how...
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New York state's indiustrial development agencies give tax breaks to private companies every year, part of an economic machine that promises to create thousands of new jobs in return. In 2015, the system of more than 100 local, quasi-public...
New York holds an annual competition to dish out more than $750 million a year for hundreds of projects around the state. Since 2011 he Regional Economic Development Councils have overseen the distribution of funds intended to stimulate...
New York spends $420 million a year -- more than any state in the nation -- to provide tax breaks to films and TV shows in New York. The state began issuing quarterly reports detailing which productions had received these incentives in 2014....
School districts in New York are required to submit about their proposed spending and their proposed tax levy for the upcoming year. The data below shows the figures submitted by each district.
...The number of New Yorkers earning $1 million or more increased by roughly 60 percent between 2009 and 2014. A total of 45,297 taxpayers in the state earned more than $1 million in 2014, the most recent year for which data is available from the...
This database contains information on inspections conducted at food service establishments in New York state over the past six months. Inspections are conducted by county and city health departments and reported to the state Department of...
More than 2,700 school bus accidents were reported to the state Department of Motor Vehicles between July 2010 and May 2013. Many of the accidents are considered “preventable,” but that does not mean the bus driver was at fault: in numerous...
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