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Tax cap: Sound bite or sound policy?
Legislative Gazette Albany Gov. Andrew Cuomo campaigned heavily on property tax relief, made a tax cap the subject of his first program bill and is now touring the state drumming up public support for the cap
Read More »Protesters chant while lawmakers enact budget
News Channel 13 - WNYT Albany Lawmakers worked late into the night on Wednesday passing budget bills in a race against Friday's deadline. While the Senate and assembly chambers were filled with legislators, the Capitol corridors
Read More »New York Assembly Approves Budget Amidst Protests
Democracy Now Albany New York state lawmakers have approved a $132.5 billion budget that will cut more than $2 billion in healthcare and education spending, while granting millionaires a tax break. Despite a budget shortfall, Gov.
Read More »Lawmakers race to finish N.Y. budget; hundreds protest cuts at Capitol
LoHud Albany State lawmakers planned a marathon session Wednesday night of passing budget bills with the goal of approving New York's first early spending plan in 28 years. "We're going to have a budget; we're going to
Read More »Albany Passes Historic On-Time Budget Amid Protests
DNAinfo.com Manhattan The state legislature voted to pass an on-time budget in the early morning hours Thursday, overshadowing the opposition of hundreds of protesters whose voices could be heard ringing through the State Capitol's halls. The State
Read More »New York State Passes Budget; Closes $10 Billion Deficit
NBC 2 - WGRZ Albany New York's Legislature, once determined to be the most dysfunctional in the nation, has passed a historically difficult budget on time. The Republican-led Senate passed its share of budget bills by midnight
Read More »Business groups laud new state budget
The Business Review Albany New York state legislators finished a budget Thursday morning for the state’s new fiscal year. Central elements of the budget mirror platform issues business lobbies had pushed for. The budget spends about $132.5 billion,
Read More »Lawmakers Look To Finish Budget Today, And Early
Politics on the Hudson Albany State lawmakers were planning to make a full-day push today to approve a state budget in advance of Friday’s deadline and in hopes of getting the first early budget adoption since
Read More »Lawmakers look to finish budget before deadline
Press Connects Albany State lawmakers planned a marathon session Wednesday night of passing budget bills with the goal of approving the New York's first early spending plan in 28 years. "We're going to have a budget; we're
Read More »Protesters chant while lawmakers enact budget
News Channel 13 - WNYT Albany Lawmakers worked late into the night on Wednesday passing budget bills in a race against Friday's deadline. While the Senate and assembly chambers were filled with legislators, the Capitol corridors
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