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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
Read More »Business leaders urge Cuomo to separate budget proposal, insurance plan
Business leaders are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to separate out legislation to establish a health insurance exchange from the state budget process, said Peter Aust, president and chief executive officer of Adirondack Regional Chamber
Read More »On Eve of Citizens United Anniversary, New Yorkers Call for Public Financing to Return Elections to the 99%
CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK For Immediate Release: January 20, 2012 Contact: Charlie Albanetti On Eve of Citizens United Anniversary, New Yorkers Call for Public Financing to Return Elections to the 99% Albany, NY – Saturday,
Read More »Public Advocate de Blasio Starts Citizen Campaign Calling On SEC To Flex Its Muscles To End Secret Corporate Spending In Elections
New York, NY – In advance of the Saturday anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has launched a campaign urging citizens to join him in demanding
Read More »Tier educators applaud school aid plan
Southern Tier school officials welcomed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to boost state school aid in his proposed state budget.
Read More »New Yorkers Want a More Accountable Government
Almost all of the campaign finance stories many of us have heard about lately have to do with super-PACs, billionaire casino moguls, and a debate about whether corporations are people. New York Gov. Andrew
Read More »New Yorkers Want a More Accountable Government
Almost all of the campaign finance stories many of us have heard about lately have to do with super-PACs, billionaire casino moguls, and a debate about whether corporations are people
Read More »Cuomo proposes some public funding of campaigns
Karen Scharff, executive director of Citizen Action of New York, said timing helps, too. The Occupy Wall Street movement, and its Albany contingent that had targeted Cuomo when he opposed a millionaire tax, has
Read More »Coalition Targets “First Billion” in NY Corporate Tax Loopholes
The broad-based progressive coalition that rallied to keep New York's "millionaire's tax" in 2011 has a new target, saying it's going after corporate tax loopholes in 2012. Ron Deutsch, executive director of New Yorkers
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