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The Robin Hood budget: NY’s $212B plan taxes rich, gives to poor. But can it last? Updated 7:03 AM; Today 6:00 AM View of the Assembly Chamber during a Legislative Session at the New York state Capitol, Monday, March 8, 2021, in Albany, N.Y.Hans Pennink | AP Photo Facebook Share Syracuse, N.Y. – The state’s largest spending plan in history raises taxes on the richest New Yorkers and showers billions of dollars on poor school districts, undocumented workers, parents paying for child care...

New York will continue to apply state income tax to 2020 unemployment benefits in full despite the federal government exempting the first $10,200. Gov. Andrew Cuomos administration confirmed the decision Wednesday during a news conference on the new $212 billion state budget. The decision came almost a month after the federal government, in the most recent stimulus package, opted against taxing the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits received by individuals with an adjusted gross income o...

Capitol Confidential By Edward McKinley on April 6, 2021 at 6:30 AM Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he and the leaders of the state Legislature have reached “a conceptual agreement on allissues” related to the budget, but questions remain about how mobile sports betting will be implemented as well as a fund to provide stimulus payments to undocumented immigrants. (TU) As Cuomo was touting the state’s response publicly, behind the scenes, the governor at times blurred po...

Battle brewing over continuation of takeout alcohol at NY restaurants Updated Mar 11, 2021; Posted Mar 11, 2021 Big Kid Pouch cocktails from Rise N Shine in Syracuse are seen in a file photo.Jared Paventi | jaredpaventi@gmail.com Facebook Share By Steve Barnes | Times Union, Albany Albany, N.Y. Amid the rush to finish the state budget, navigate scandals surrounding Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and chart a path forward in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, a few state legislators are trying ...

Battle brewing to continue alcohol takeout from restaurants FacebookTwitterEmail 11 1of11Takeout cocktails from Albany Distilling Co. in Albany.Susie Davidson Powell/For the Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of11Buy PhotoAssemblywoman Pat Fahy speaks during a Times Union editorial board meeting Tuesday Oct. 21, 2014, in Colonie, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)WWShow MoreShow Less 4of11Buy PhotoScott Wexler, executive director of the Empire State Restaurant and Tavern Association, cente...

Mar 6, 2021 New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli speaks to supporters during an election night watch party hosted by the New York State Democratic Committee, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) New York’s financial situation has improved in recent months, but the state is not out of the woods yet, according to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. DiNapoli noted higher than expected personal income tax collections and the prospect of significant aid from the feder...

Second audit finds NY facilities are not properly reporting abuse, neglect State comptroller reports OPWDD is not fully complying with Jonathans Law Cayla Harris FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6Michael and Lisa Carey wait outside of the Schenectady County District Attorneys office in November 2007. Their son, Jonathan, died while under the care of state workers earlier that year. Michael holds pictures of a bruised and injured Jonathan from December 2005. (Times Union Staff Photograph by...

Cuomos scandals have complicated an already dire push to get COVID-19 vaccines to millions of New Yorkers and finalize a perilous state budget

NYC Arts Sector Lost 66% Of Jobs During Coronavirus: Study - New York City, NY - Arts, entertainment and recreation jobs losses in COVID-19 lockdowns were the worst in New York City and never rebounded, a new study found.

New Report Details How NYC Arts Sector Has Been Devastated By The Pandemic arrow March 12th, 2020, the first night of Broadway going dark Gretchen Robinette / Gothamist When Broadway went dark in March of 2020, there was still hope that the shutdown would be short-term. Now, nearly one year later, the pandemic rages on worldwide, and the Great White Way hasnt turned a single light back on. The last update came in October of last year, when The Broadway League, the trad...