New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the next victims of the mortgage foreclosure crisis are the people who have managed to hold onto their homes. DiNapoli estimates that property tax revenue could fall by up to $1.3 billion if statewide ...
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NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - New York City's securities companies shed 16,000 employees in October, measured on a year-over-year basis, pushing the total work force down to a level last seen September 2005, a state labor analyst said on Thursday ...
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ALBANY, N.Y. - Tuition increases at State University of New York colleges beginning in January reflect the state's fiscal crisis, but will compound hard fiscal times for many students unable to adjust to this latest financial blow. Most SUNY students ...
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NEW YORK, NY November 17, 2008 —New York Governor David Paterson says a tax hike on the state's wealthiest households is a bad idea. But backers of such a levy point to studies in New Jersey to make their case in pushing for the tax in New York ...
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NEW YORK, NY November 18, 2008 —It's been nine years since the state legislature put an end to the tax on out-of-towners, but could the commuter tax have a second life? That was a question posed by the council finance committee yesterday. Here's ...
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When we solicited your questions for Congressman Ron Paul shortly after the election, so many questions came in that we split Paul’s answers into two batches, the first of which was published last week . Here is the second. Like the first batch ...
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A tax on New York City commuters may be getting new life. Mayor Michael Bloomberg 's budget director told a City Council finance hearing Monday that he and the mayor are eager to lobby again for the tax in Albany, particularly in tough economic times ...
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