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Group protests Verizon taxes
Dozens of protesters rallied outside the Verizon building in Albany Thursday claiming the company used tax loopholes to avoid paying their fair share
Read More »Protesters say Verizon needs to change
Protesters are calling on Verizon to change its ways
Read More »Higher taxes for corporations in Assembly bill Higher taxes for corporations in Assembly bill
Legislators and economists support the reintroduction of a bill sponsored by Assemblyman James Brennan, D-Kensington, to increase the alternative minimum tax on corporations in a push for greater enforcement of corporate tax law
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Legislators and economists support the reintroduction of a bill sponsored by Assemblyman James Brennan, D-Kensington, to increase the alternative minimum tax on corporations in a push for greater enforcement of corporate tax law
Read More »VIDEO: “Walk in My Shoes” event
Members of the Group Citizen Action took to the Chenango Town Hall with a message for Congressman Richard Hanna. They're pushing for support of legislation that would extend unemployment benefits
Read More »New Report Details Years Of Pre K Cuts
On Tuesday a coalition of early childhood education providers, parents, policy and advocacy groups released a new report that details drastic reductions to the Universal Pre-Kindergarten grant since 2007, despite proof that investment in
Read More »Calls for Equal Funding in High-Need Schools
Long Island Press 2/3/2012 Rashed Mian http://www.longislandpress.com/2012/02/03/calls-for-equal-funding-in-high-need-schools/ Amparo Sadler, a grandmother from Central Islip, stood across the street from the Martin Luther King Jr., elementary school in Wyandanch on Wednesday and called on New
Read More »Calling On State to Restore School Funding
Unhappy with Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed state budget, activists are raising their voices to bring money back to public education
Read More »Tax Expert Calls For Closing NYS Tax Loopholes
A recently released report from Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy entitled, ‘Tax Dodging In the 50 States,’ found that many highly profitable companies are paying very little
Read More »Assembly Democrats, businesses differ on impact of minimum-wage hike
In announcing legislation today to increase New York’s minimum wage, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, said President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the federal minimum-wage law in 1938 to “give flight to the American dream
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