Groups of American Indians from across the state are in New York City to defend their right to sell tax-free cigarettes. A Senate committee was holding a hearing Tuesday regarding confusion in the law over taxes and the tribes. Smoke shops on the state’s reservations now sell hundreds of millions of packs of cigarettes each [...]
Nickel deposits will be imposed on bottled water in New York state starting Oct. 31. after U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts issued an order lifting an injunction on the deposits. All containers of water under a gallon will have a 5-cent refundable deposit, as beer and soda containers have for years. Laura Haight of the [...]
The State Senate Finance Committee is holding the first in a series of regional public hearings to discuss Governor David Paterson’s budget proposals. The panel will meet today at the U.S. Customs House in Lower Manhattan. The governor is planning to bring lawmakers back to Albany next month for a special session to address the [...]
New York state, facing a $3.1 billion deficit and a cash squeeze, deferred a September payment to its $116.5 billion pension fund, forfeiting more than it would have cost to borrow the needed funds, Bloomberg data show. By delaying the $959.1 million payment, which isn’t legally required until March 1, the state sacrificed an 8 [...]
Andrew Cuomo has secretly notified Rudy Giuliani that he will run for governor next year, The Post has learned. The confidential message, conveyed through intermediaries, was delivered to Giuliani recently and is expected to play a central role in the former mayor’s impending decision on whether to run as the Republican candidate for governor in [...]
Eight days before Election Day, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the city’s leading Democrat, has endorsed William Thompson for mayor. Quinn, a longtime backer of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has been criticized by some for delaying an endorsement for her fellow Democrat. She said she called Thompson and told him he had her support. Bloomberg also [...]
A Latino Democratic senator says white lawmakers are racist and unfairly targeting state Sen. Hiram Monserrate following his conviction on a misdemeanor assault charge. Sen. Ruben Diaz, a minister, also notes that none of the Democrats urging Monserrate to quit are Latinos. The New York Senate’s Democratic leadership is expected today to name a special [...]
Queens Senator Hiram Monserrate said in a statement today that he will cooperate fully with the legislative committee that will decide whether he should remain in the State Senate. Monserrate was convicted on a misdemeanor charge of injuring girlfriend Karla Giraldo but acquitted of all felony charges. Sources tell NY1 that Senate Majority Conference Leader [...]
A state senator’s husband disputes a claim that he was driving without a valid license. Police say Martin J. Oppenheimer, the husband of Suzi Oppenheimer, got dizzy Sunday and drove into a utility pole near the Rye Golf Club. He was taken to a hospital with neck pain. Police ticketed him. However, Rye Mayor Steve [...]
New York City schools will start vaccinating students against swine flu next week. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging parents to sign the consent forms that are going home with schoolchildren. Bloomberg joined Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and Health Commissioner Thomas Farley on Tuesday for a news conference about the vaccination program. They said the swine [...]
