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th Avenues and Gulf Blvd. Lunn says the estimated $250 million redevelopment project “will put Treasure Island on the map” and give daytime beachgoers more options in the city when the sun goes down.
But his opponent, City Commissioner Tyler Payne, says the plan isn’t that popular with the business owners he’s spoken with.
“He wants to completely wipe out our downtown area, and what that would do to our small businesses is just not what I want to see happen to our city,” Payne told Spectrum Bay News 9, speaking from the Fusion Resort Hotel. “I think that we can do it more responsibly, we can do it more gradually, and the property owners and the business owners that I’ve talked to are not interested in his plan.”
That’s the true story of COVID-19. Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) February 7, 2021
This kind of rhetoric is irresponsible and dangerous in light of what happened in Washington in January.
The lines have been drawn and outrage expressed. But what is the Cuomo administration really responsible for here?
If you dissect what has angered politicians and the public about this entire situation, it comes down to three things: A bad decision, a lack of transparency and a lack of remorse.
The bad decision was the Cuomo administration advisory of March 25 that stated that nursing homes “must comply with the expedited receipt of residents” coming from hospitals, regardless of whether they are infected with COVID-19.
The Stock Transfer Tax: Pro & Con By Susan Arbetter City of Albany PUBLISHED 7:58 PM ET Feb. 11, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:58 PM EST Feb. 11, 2021
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No matter how much money the federal government provides to New York, the state will have a structural deficit unless it either cuts billions of dollars in spending or raises revenue.
Among the taxes that majority Democrats in both houses are considering is the Stock Transfer Tax, which is a sales tax on stock trades that advocates say could raise around $13 billion every year.
A little history: The tax is over 100 years old; it existed in New York from 1905 to 1981.