NY Legislature passes historic on-time budget
After a year of scandal, gridlock and the designation as the most dysfunctional state governing body in the nation, New York’s Legislature hopes the rare on-time budget it approved early Thursday turns...
View ArticleKremer: Cuomo’s 1st 100 days reason to hope
Whether it’s fair or not, most politicians are given extra scrutiny during their first 100 days in office. Gov. Andrew Cuomo doesn’t have to wait until mid-April for his first report card. He has...
View ArticleCuomo considering many fiscal options
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he’s considering a wide variety of revenue raising options, from his own ideas for creating private sector jobs to the millionaire tax pushed by the Assembly’s Democratic...
View ArticleNY comptroller: Praise, warning on Cuomo budget
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli praised Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s proposal as a continued plan for fiscal restraint, but warned that the governor also wants to use the budget to grab power and reduce...
View ArticleNY Legislature, Cuomo may be headed to collision
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York state Legislature may be on the path to a major deal on a tough budget, redrawing election district lines, and enacting a cheaper pension for future public employees....
View ArticleCuomo, NY Legislature turn to passing budget
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York’s Legislature are planning a flurry of negotiations to adopt a budget earlier than the April 1 deadline. They’ve already agreed on most of the budget. Cuomo and the...
View ArticleTax rebates, gun law part of long NY budget talks
The constitution requires that a budget be passed by April 1, and negotiators do not want to fall back into a trend of late budgets that for decades labeled Albany as dysfunctional.
View ArticleNY would give tax credits to hire recent veterans
The state budget will include five-figure tax credits to employers to hire recent veterans as a way to reduce the high unemployment rate of service members.
View ArticleNY budget deal criticized by some business groups
The National Federation of Independent Business calls the budget deal a "regressive message to small business owners." It opposes the minimum-wage increase.
View ArticleTaxpayers to subsidize NY’s higher minimum wage
The "minimum wage reimbursement credit" is spelled out at the bottom of a revenue bill in the budget separate from the minimum wage measure.
View ArticleNY plan calls for medical bill dispute protection
Insurers would have to permit access to out-of-network providers if they don't have someone within their provider network to meet the patient's needs.
View ArticleNY comptroller: Praise, warning on Cuomo budget
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli praised Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s proposal as a continued plan for fiscal restraint, but warned that the governor also wants to use the budget to grab power and reduce...
View ArticleNY Legislature, Cuomo may be headed to collision
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York state Legislature may be on the path to a major deal on a tough budget, redrawing election district lines, and enacting a cheaper pension for future public employees....
View ArticleCuomo, NY Legislature turn to passing budget
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York’s Legislature are planning a flurry of negotiations to adopt a budget earlier than the April 1 deadline. They’ve already agreed on most of the budget. Cuomo and the...
View ArticleTax rebates, gun law part of long NY budget talks
The constitution requires that a budget be passed by April 1, and negotiators do not want to fall back into a trend of late budgets that for decades labeled Albany as dysfunctional.
View ArticleNY would give tax credits to hire recent veterans
The state budget will include five-figure tax credits to employers to hire recent veterans as a way to reduce the high unemployment rate of service members.
View ArticleNY budget deal criticized by some business groups
The National Federation of Independent Business calls the budget deal a "regressive message to small business owners." It opposes the minimum-wage increase.
View ArticleTaxpayers to subsidize NY’s higher minimum wage
The "minimum wage reimbursement credit" is spelled out at the bottom of a revenue bill in the budget separate from the minimum wage measure.
View ArticleNY plan calls for medical bill dispute protection
Insurers would have to permit access to out-of-network providers if they don't have someone within their provider network to meet the patient's needs.
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