Behind their pay wall includes: "Odd as it may sound, the city that is home to our financially reckless federal government recently earned the top spot in a ranking of urban financial health. Meanwhile, New York City finished at the bottom, only slightly below Chicago. The nonprofit group Truth in Accounting recently released its sixth annual Financial State of the Cities report based on 2020 financial reporting from the nation’s most populous 75 cities* and gave Washington its top ranking."