#Albany progressives drive away job-creators with tax hike

#Albany progressives drive away job-creators with tax hike

“#Albany progressives drive away job-creators with tax hike” The golden goose can fly. For the first time ever, all three elements of a successful post-industrial urban economy — capital, high-income labor and financial transactions — are almost instantly mobile. It’s about the worst time ever to attempt to impose multiple untested new taxes on all…

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#An AG probe is now a must for Andrew Cuomo: Goodwin

#An AG probe is now a must for Andrew Cuomo: Goodwin

“#An AG probe is now a must for Andrew Cuomo: Goodwin” It was a freewheeling conversation in a Manhattan restaurant about how to change Albany. Andrew Cuomo, then New York’s attorney general, was a lock to be elected governor in 2010 and was gaming the hurdles and opportunities. His conclusion would prove prophetic in ways…

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#New York Assembly releases package of nursing home reform bills

#New York Assembly releases package of nursing home reform bills

“#New York Assembly releases package of nursing home reform bills” The Democratic-led New York state Assembly released a package of nearly 20 nursing home accountability bills Friday, aimed at tightening restrictions on the hundreds of for-profit facilities. Among the 19 bills is one sponsored by Assembly Health Chair Dick Gottfried (D-Manhattan) that would prohibit the…

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#New York’s ‘ethics watchdog’ is worthless by design

#New York’s ‘ethics watchdog’ is worthless by design

“#New York’s ‘ethics watchdog’ is worthless by design” New York state’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics sounds like the body to look into the Cuomo nursing-home scandals, but it (sadly) is of little use in any anti-corruption efforts — especially when it comes to the governor, who basically controls it. The panel’s chairman, a Cuomo…

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#NYSE warns it may exit New York over stock transfer tax

#NYSE warns it may exit New York over stock transfer tax

“#NYSE warns it may exit New York over stock transfer tax” The New York Stock Exchange may leave New York State if Albany imposes a transfer tax on stock sales, the president of the Intercontinental Exchange-owned exchange operator said on Tuesday in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. NYSE President Stacey Cunningham said she…

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