October 22, 2013 By Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer New York, NY — “The announcement that New Yorkers will be burdened with another water rate increase is unacceptable and unsustainable.
September 24, 2013 By Stephanie West Albany, NY – Tax revenues for the first five months of the state fiscal year were $69.8 million over updated budget projections, according to
September 23, 2013 By Stephanie West Washington, DC – H.J. Res 59 keeps funding through December 15th at a level of $986.3 billion that assumes a continuation of the across-the-board
September 17, 2013 By Salvatore J. Armao, CPA/PFS, CFP, CFE You’ve had your financial statements audited or reviewed. So now you feel confident that your organization is operating efficiently, is
September 13, 2013 By Congressman Paul Tonko The Farm Bill is set to expire at the end of September. That means, if Congress doesn’t act now, the law reverts back
August 28, 2013 By Neal Tepel Chicago, Ill. – One of the many projects of the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) is the rehabilitation of a 26-story residential tower on
August 21, 2013 By Stephanie West Albany NY – The New York State Common Retirement Fund’s (Fund) overall rate of return for the first quarter ending June 30, 2013, was
August 7, 2013 By Steve Weiner In recent years, there have been huge attempts by corporate America and some state governments to blame the country’s economic woes on what they
August 6, 2013 By Mike Hall Re-Printed www.aflcio.org The nation’s economy added 162,000 new jobs in July and the jobless rate dropped to 7.4% from June’s 7.6%, according to figures released
August 6, 2013 By AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Current economic and labor market conditions do not deserve to be labeled a “recovery” – except as they concern the very richest
