Governor Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposal includes a conservation bond act, $9 billion for offshore wind development, and a requirement for transit agencies to electrify their bus fleets.
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Budget gap grows for Rochester schools
A little over a month ago, Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas cautioned school board members about a budget gap for the 2014-2015 school year that could top $30 million. But he revised that projected gap to $42 million at a recent board meeting. Vargas said the increase became apparent after hearing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s state […]
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Cuomo presents his 2014-15 budget
Governor Andrew Cuomo is sticking to his claim that if the state continues to hold down spending increases, the budget will have a $2 billion surplus by the 2016-17 budget year. And during his budget address this afternoon, Cuomo once again said that the surplus will enable a suite of tax cuts for businesses as […]
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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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Cuomo vs. the IDA’s
Virtually every industrial development agency in New York has come out against Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to restrict their ability to offer state sales tax exemptions to businesses. The Monroe County Industrial Development Agency is part of the opposition. “We’ve been doing it since 1969 and it’s been effective,” says COMIDA executive director Judy Seil. […]
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Cuomo budget proposal includes minimum-wage boost
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released his $136.5 billion 2013 to 2014 budget proposal this afternoon. He said the budget closes a $1.3 billion gap and doesn’t include any new taxes. It also includes a boost in the minimum wage, from $7.25 to $8.75 an hour. Cuomo said the budget includes a 4.4 percent increase […]
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Cut the Medicaid budget? It won’t be easy
Can New YorkState really stop spending so much money on Medicaid? And do it without hurting people? Or will the money we save now just cost us more in the end? Once again, the governor is promising to do something about Medicaid. In his budget address last week he warned, again, that Medicaid […]
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Cut the Medicaid budget? It won’t be easy
Can New YorkState really stop spending so much money on Medicaid? And do it without hurting people? Or will the money we save now just cost us more in the end? Once again, the governor is promising to do something about Medicaid. In his budget address last week he warned, again, that Medicaid […]
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Cut the Medicaid budget? It won’t be easy
Can New YorkState really stop spending so much money on Medicaid? And do it without hurting people? Or will the money we save now just cost us more in the end? Once again, the governor is promising to do something about Medicaid. In his budget address last week he warned, again, that Medicaid […]
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Libraries lose
Accused of using one-time funds to support libraries in a partisan and unequal manner, Republicans in the state Assembly are striking back, saying it’s Democrats who are politicizing the issue. Both the Senate and Assembly originally restored cuts made by Governor George Pataki to libraries and library systems in the 2004 state budget. But when […]
