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Tax Day protest held in Binghamton
YNN Southern Tier 4/17/12 http://binghamton.ynn.com/content/580922/tax-day-protest-held-in-binghamton/ Tax Day brought a unique protest to downtown Binghamton. A group gathered outside Senator Tom Libous’ office with signs in hand to call for equality when it comes to
Read More »The Daily Q: What are New York’s biggest tax loopholes?
New York World 4/17/12 Alice Brennan http://www.thenewyorkworld.com/2012/04/17/the-daily-q-what-are-new-yorks-biggest-tax-loopholes/ Today is everyone’s favorite day of the year, right? Tax deadline day. But according to advocacy groups in New York some corporations won’t be filing as much
Read More »Kink and Alfonso on the ‘Buffett Rule’ and Tax Fairness
President Obama’s push for higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans has renewed discussions of income inequality and fair tax codes
Read More »NYFF’s ‘Counter-Budget’: close corporate tax loopholes
In the wake of last week’s Big Ugly, New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness released a “Counter-Budget” that focuses on funding for higher education and health care, paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.
Read More »Finishing Albany’s Unfinished Business
ReadMedia 3/19/12 http://readme.readmedia.com/Finishing-Albanys-Unfinished-Business/3758081 ALBANY, NY (03/19/2012)(readMedia)– (Albany, N.Y.) Statewide organizations today converged in Albany to release a Counter-Budget detailing outstanding budget issues that are critical to working, middle class and unemployed families in New
Read More »Unshackle v. Citizen Action
Newschannel 34 Binghamton 3/8/12 New York State government needs to be more affordable. That’s one the main messages of the organization Unshackle Upstate. Its Executive Director, Brian Sampson, was in town for a meeting
Read More »Corporations must pay fair share in taxes
All the talk these days about teacher layoffs and other cuts to schools makes it seem as if we have no alternative, but we do.
Read More »Residentes de Long Island participaron en protesta contra Verizon acusando a la compañía de pagar pocos impuestos
Noticia 2/22/12 Ana Llácer http://www.noticiany.com/noticia/18006/exigiendo-un-ajuste-de-cuentas Cerca de 20 personas protestaron fuera de la tienda de Verizon en Massapequa Park el pasado 16 de febrero en contra el uso de lagunas financieras y la elusión
Read More »COMIDA approves 6 projects, gets earful from protesters
Democrat and Chronicle 2/21/12 Matthew Daneman http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012302200052 Business process outsourcing firm Maximus Inc. — with offices in Victor, Fairport and suburban Buffalo — expects to consolidate those locations into a Pittsford site and add
Read More »Local Groups Launch Effort to ‘Confront Corporate Power’
Dozens of grassroots leaders from local community groups, congregations, and unions gathered Saturday morning to launch a collective effort to work on corporate accountability campaigns throughout
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