Top officials with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration are taking Albany-area reporters on a field trip today to a disused, weed-filled field in the nearby Glenville, Schenectady County, Industrial Park to show off some old high-speed rail trains that were rarely used and will now be trashed. Taxpayers will save more… Read More →
The state Motor Truck Association and the National Federation of Independent Business in New York are not happy about the proposal to increase tolls for commercial vehicles on the New York State Thruway. The Thruway Authority Board voted yesterday to give Executive Director Tom Madison the authority to raise tolls…. Read More →
Roughly 3.4 million New Yorkers left the Empire State for other states between 2000 and 2009, taking $118.9 billion with them, according to state-to-state migration data provided on the national Tax Foundation website. New York has long been known as a high-tax state. New York’s state and local tax burden… Read More →
GARNERVILLE — Voters on Thursday approved a $5.2 million budget for the Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library for 2012-13. The unofficial vote was 122-61. Under the spending plan, property owners in the Haverstraw library district will pay $6 to $10 more a year in taxes. Two incumbent library trustees, Richard… Read More →
While New York has added back more than 312,000 jobs in the past two years—nearly 95 percent of the jobs lost during the recession— the unemployment rate is rising and some upstate regions continue to face challenges, according to a new report from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. New York City added… Read More →
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino argues that his administration needs to increase the family share in the county’s subsidized child-care program because the program was over budget. The new rates take effect on June 1 and have whipped up a firestorm between the Democratic-controlled Board of Legislators, and the Republican… Read More →
From Journal News/Lohud.com reporters Shawn Cohen and Erik Shilling: Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore today denied doing anything wrong, after a report claimed that the Department of Social Services is probing whether she pulled strings to get her family’s live-in housekeeper food stamps, Medicaid benefits and cash assistance. According… Read More →
Reuters reported tFriday that Westchester County’s enviable AAA credit rating is due to its higher and more secure property tax revenue. Rockland County, on the other hand, which is going through a drastic fiscal realignment, relies more on sales taxes. Nassau and Suffolk rely similarly on sales taxes, which are… Read More →
The Westchester County Board of Legislators referred to committee this week a proposed $26,709 settlement with former county employee Jennifer Elliot. The resolution, which was sent to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, would give the county attorney the authority to settle the claim, which would include a $20,000 lump-sum plus… Read More →
Some New York state agencies, school districts and businesses have been receiving phony invoices for telecom maintenance from a California-based company they never did business with, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said today. The company, UST, is sending out bills for $425 each for Telecom Maintenance Agreements, he said. It even sent… Read More →
