New York by the Numbers State and City in Perpetual Crisis

by Keating, Raymond J.; Forbes, Steve

• ISBN13: 9781568330877
• ISBN10: 1568330871
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-04-03
• Publisher: Madison Books

Summary

A startlingly frank look at the taxes, budgets, and education, crime, and quality of life in New York State and New York City.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix	(4)
Steve Forbes
Acknowledgments	xiii
1. New York: Big Government vs. the Market	1	(32)
Part One: New York State	33	(428)
2. New York State: Fiscal Issues	35	(198)
3. New York State: Education	233	(112)
4. New York State: Crime	345	(48)
5. New York State: Societal Indicators	393	(20)
6. New York State: The Economy	413	(48)
Part Two: New York City	461	(120)
7. New York City: Fiscal Issues	463	(60)
8. New York City: Education	523	(14)
9. New York City: Crime	537	(34)
10. New York City: The Economy	571	(10)
Part Three: New York in the Twenty-First Century	581	(38)
11. The Road to Revitalization	583	(36)
Notes	619	(2)
Index	621	(8)
About the Author	629