New York voters are fed up with corruption at the Capitol, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s popularity dropped to its lowest level since he took office, a poll Monday found. After a series of scandals involving state lawmakers, Cuomo’s favorability rating fell to 58 percent to 35 percent – his worst… Read More →
The two lawmakers who control tax policy committees in the House and Senate said yesterday that they had no immediate plans to consider tax-relief legislation for victims of Superstorm Sandy, Gannett’s Washington Bureau reports. Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, couldn’t predict whether his… Read More →
Westchester County has shelved its plan to put up outdoor advertising from Yonkers to Yorktown along Westchester’s North County and South County trailways. Deputy Parks Commissioner Peter Tartaglia announced the county’s decision on Friday, two weeks after Tax Watch revealed that a politically connected Putnam County company, Bikepath Country, had… Read More →
The New York Department of Labor had made or planned to make up to $3 million in inappropriate unemployment insurance payments, including $1.6 million to people who were employed, dead or out of the country, according to a new audit from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Auditors found that 118 newly… Read More →
The central player in the 2009 state Senate coup was sentenced to five years in prison Friday on a tax fraud conviction. From the Associated Press: Former state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. will spend five years in prison after pleading guilty to tax fraud charges. Espada was sentenced Friday in… Read More →
The Seneca Nation of Indians made it clear: They wanted Gov. Andrew Cuomo to come to them to announce a settlement yesterday. So much so that the nation required it in their memorandum of understanding with the state, which is below. Cuomo hastily flew up to Niagara Falls from Albany… Read More →
With accusations flying over the last few weeks between federal officials, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and the monitor overseeing the 2009 fair housing settlement, the organization that brought the original lawsuit challenging the county’s compliance with fair housing obligations has stepped into the crossfire. Craig Gurian of the Anti-Discrimination… Read More →
The business-backed Citizens Budget Commission is recommending that lawmakers tweak the state’s binding arbitration law, which expires July 1, rather than “renewing the statute as a matter of routine, as has occurred for decades.” The law permits police, firefighters and other unionized law enforcement officials to resolve labor contract disputes… Read More →
An agreement Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Seneca Nation of Indians announced yesterday resolves a longstanding dispute and means more money for northwestern New York communities and state coffers. The agreement came after years of failed negotiations between the state and the tribe, which runs casinos in Buffalo, Niagara Falls… Read More →
State lawmakers are expected next week to restore $90 million in aid for services for the developmentally disabled after it was cut as part of the state budget in March. Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, D-Nassau County, said he met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday to secure his commitment to restore… Read More →
