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Dear Governor, Leaders, and Chairperson: We write in support of New York State’s libraries and library systems requesting additional funding in our 2022- 23 Enacted Budget. Specifically, we respectfully request the inclusion of at least an additional $27 million in library operating aid for a total of $123.1 million, a figure which represents the full statutory and formulaic obligation of our State to libraries established under the Education Law as well as an adjustment for inflation.

As his congressional campaign continues, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro returned to Albany Monday to call on the state to suspend the gas tax.

Lawmakers Mulling Over Suspending The NY State Gas Tax

BY KITTY MERRILL With pain at the pump ratcheting up from a chronic, dull ache, to a searing slice into motorists’ wallets, with prices approaching and in some areas even topping the $5 per gallon mark, the idea of suspending the state taxes on gasol

Lawmakers believe this one move could save New Yorkers every time they fill up at the pump and could save some drivers $50,000 a year.

The problem is lawmakers do not agree on how to do it.

The problem is lawmakers do not agree on how to do it.

The problem is lawmakers do not agree on how to do it.

With gas prices at the pump surging to record highs, some New York lawmakers are proposing a temporary suspension of the statewide gas tax to provide some financial relief to motorists.Upstate New York Sen. Peter Oberacker and Sen. Senator…

As gas prices spike and some lawmakers call for the state gas tax to be suspended, state Sen. John Mannion is offering a compromise.