Budget

Things have been better. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Over the summer, Mayor Bill de Blasio made a virtual pilgrimage…

A democratically controlled Senate could also offer a bigger stimulus package for the public transportation systems, but that chamber's fate rests on two runoff elections in Georgia in January. Biden said Monday that Congress should…

Here’s what you need to know:The ballooning deficit is already complicating policy choices as Republicans resist another large stimulus package.Credit...Ting Shen for The New York TimesThe federal budget deficit soared to a record $3.1…

Governor Andrew Cuomo has recognized that the various avenues the New York state budget can take are not nice without federal aid from Washington. New York is asking federal officials for billions in aid to make up for revenue that…