#Cuomo needs to stop killing NYC’s economy

#Cuomo needs to stop killing NYC’s economy

“#Cuomo needs to stop killing NYC’s economy” New York lost 1 million jobs during the pandemic last year, more than half of them in the city. And that doesn’t include jobs that are being done out-of-state by remote workers who therefore spend nothing in the city. Yet the politicians keep ignoring these bitter facts, and…

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#New York lawmakers introduce capital gains measure

#New York lawmakers introduce capital gains measure

“#New York lawmakers introduce capital gains measure” ALBANY — Democratic state lawmakers keen on raising taxes on higher-income earners to help close the state’s massive, multi-billion dollar deficit have introduced a new bill that would place an extra tax on investments.  The new legislation — sponsored by Democrats state Sen. Gustavo Rivera (D-The Bronx) and…

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#Emails show top Cuomo aide dominates state’s vaccine program

#Emails show top Cuomo aide dominates state’s vaccine program

“#Emails show top Cuomo aide dominates state’s vaccine program” New York City health officials and their upstate counterparts are deeply frustrated with how top Cuomo aides have centralized and micromanaged vaccine distribution across the state. Cuomo brought back his former budget director Larry Schwartz — who sits on the MTA’s board and serves as the…

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