A state panel tasked with considering salary increases for the governor, state lawmakers, and judges, said raises would not be prudent at this time.
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Monroe County GOP withdraws CABLE Act
The bill would have curtailed the power of the incoming Democratic county executive, Adam Bello.
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The money race
Taxes: they’re what this year’s county executive race is fundamentally about. As Republican incumbent Cheryl Dinolfo and Adam Bello, her Democratic opponent, lay out how they’ll approach county government, they’re really talking about how they’ll spend money that comes from county, state, or federal taxes. They’re talking about how they’ll manage the county’s $1 billion […]
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Lawmakers may have minimum wage deal
Statewide media organizations are reporting that state legislative leaders — what we New Yorkers used to call the “three men in a room” but now because of the power-sharing agreement in the Senate is actually the “four men in a room” — have reached an agreement to raise the minimum wage. A Bloomberg News article […]
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Brooks presenting county budget tonight
Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks will present her 2013 budget proposal to the County Legislature tonight.The presentation is at 6 p.m., which is when the Legislature meeting is scheduled to start. The county budget typically comes in at approximately $1 billion. And the tax rate will probably stay at $8.99 per $1,000 assessed value; every […]
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POLITICS: Aldersley appointed to Lej
County Legislature President Jeff Adair has appointed Democrat Stephanie Aldersley to a seat that, as of tomorrow, will be vacant. Aldersley takes over for Democrat Vinnie Esposito, who resigned to take a job as deputy regional director with Empire State Development. Aldersley is an Irondequoit Town Board member who previously served in the Legislature for […]
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NEWS BLOG: Aldersley wants Lej seat
Former Monroe County Legislator Stephanie Aldersley is pursuing her old seat. Democrat Vinnie Esposito is leaving the Lej on July 20 to take a job as deputy regional director for Empire State Development. Aldersley, a Democrat who now serves on the Irondequoit Town Board, says she wants to be appointed to fill the vacancy. Aldersley […]
