New York tax officials are going to try to shame the top tax delinquents into paying up. The Department of Taxation and Finance has begun posting the state’s top 250 business and top 250 individual tax debtors on the department’s website. At the beginning of each month, the Tax Department will examine the records of [...]
The Triple Crown will have its last jewel this year, despite belt-tightening at the New York Racing Association. NYRA’s board of directors voted yesterday to hold the 141st edition of the Belmont Stakes this spring. The agency’s president had warned earlier this year that the event might have to be canceled because of budget cuts. [...]
Dozens of concerned straphangers headed down to Chelsea Thursday night as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority held its fifth and final public hearing over proposed service cuts. More than 150 people signed up to speak inside the auditorium at Manhattan’s Fashion Institute of Technology. Many who attended were upset with the agency’s plan to get rid [...]
The city’s unemployment rate dipped slightly from 10.5 percent in December to 10.4 percent in January, according to the New York State Department of Labor. The state’s unemployment rate also dropped slightly during this time period. Unemployment is also down across the country, from 10 percent in December to 9.7 in January. Source: NY1
Medical marijuana is a “good idea,” New York State voters say 71 – 25 percent, with support among all political, racial and regional groups, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Even Republicans say 55 – 41 percent that adults should be allowed to use marijuana if their doctor prescribes it, the independent Quinnipiac [...]
The New York congresswoman representing White Plains says the city’s federal courthouse should not be considered for the trial of the professed mastermind of the 2001 terror attacks. The courthouse is part of the same federal district as Manhattan, where Khalid Sheikh Mohammed originally was to be tried. New York City officials objected, and Obama [...]
A former deputy chief of staff to Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn who recently served as a top aide to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s re-election effort has been fined for violating city law by soliciting campaign contributions for Ms. Quinn while working for her. In announcing the sanction on Monday, the city’s Conflicts of Interest [...]
Aqueduct Entertainment Group has been selected to develop the racino at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, announced Gov. David Paterson late Friday afternoon. But there are some caveats. The decision ends a drawn out bidding process that began about two years ago and has been closed to the public. AEG edged out a team led by [...]
The people who are supposed to police the ethics of New York’s top elected leaders are also donating to them. Four members of the state’s much-maligned Public Integrity Commission have contributed $5,000 since its creation in 2007 – 80% of it since July – to the campaigns of Gov. Paterson, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and [...]
State Senate Democrats lit a fire under Gov. Paterson Thursday to collect taxes from cigarettes sold on Indian reservations. The group argued that bootleg cigarettes bought at Indian reservations and sold on the street at a steep discount cost city bodegas, grocery stores and newstands $250 million a year in lost business – and $30 [...]
