The argument that a substantial increase in the minimum wage is a “job killer” has no basis in fact.
Rochester Business Alliance
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Bob Duffy dishes
Bob Duffy says he just wanted to come home. Rochester’s former mayor and New York’s former lieutenant governor is back in the Flower City, heading up the Rochester Business Alliance. Rumors of a rift with Governor Andrew Cuomo are off-target, Duffy says; he loved being New York’s No. 2. But Rochester beckoned. “I loved the […]
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Will Duffy return to Rochester?
The rumor that Bob Duffy will depart the Cuomo administration to head the Rochester Business Alliance when current RBA leader Sandra Parker retires at the end of the year is sprouting legs. Neither Duffy nor Cuomo have done anything to quash the speculation. Instead, Duffy’s refusal to discuss it has stoked the buzz into a […]
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Unshackle Upstate wants fracking, lower taxes
Unshackle Upstate has released a five-point plan for job growth and lower taxes in the parts of the state that aren’t New York City. The plan focuses primarily on eliminating or changing certain taxes and surcharges. But Unshackle officials are also highlighting the potential benefits fracking the Marcellus Shale. During a press conference this morning […]
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News Briefs 6.18.03
Touchy subjects Lawmakers at the June 4 meeting of the Monroe County Legislature’s Ways & Means committee went out of their way to be mean to one another. As noted in this week’s cover story (“The tobacco trick,” page 10), tempers flared between Democrats demanding hard data on the county’s finances and Republican legislators, particularly […]
