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The Silver standard
One of the state's three most powerful lawmakers is proving once again that he operates in enigmatic ways. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's (D-Manhattan) preferred method of getting from his home in the city to his office in Albany is to fly -...Tags: Ethics, Values, Manhattan (New York City)
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Analysis: NYers ask, 'So where's my bailout?'
Associated Press WriterSo, where's your bailout? Wall Street is in line for up to $700 billion in a government rescue. The same can't be said for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers who may have to choose between heat and food this winter, middle class home owners paying the...Tags: Executive Branch, State Budgets, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Long Island
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NY faces $1.2B budget shortfall
michael.frazier@newsday.comThe Wall Street collapse has left the state of New York with a $1.2 billion shortfall, and Gov. David A. Paterson said Friday that at least $2 billion in cuts are needed to help close the ever-widening gap. "We're more than in a recession, we are in a...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Executive Branch, Local Authority, David A. Paterson, State Budgets
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Paterson seeks $2B in budget cuts at emergency meeting
michael.frazier@newsday.comGov. David A. Paterson on Friday called for an emergency economic session in response to the state's current budget deficit, which has been fueled by the instability in financial markets. Paterson is looking for at least $2 billion in cuts to help...Tags: Executive Branch, Financial and Business Services, David A. Paterson, State Budgets, Government Debt
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In New York, it's particularly dire
There can be no more accusals that Gov. David Paterson is overselling New York's financial problems. That's how some viewed his Cassandra warnings last summer, particularly when he spoke to the National Press Club in Washington and compared the current...Tags: Executive Branch, Local Authority, State Budgets, Laws, National Government
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NY faces $1.2B budget shortfall, more jobless
Associated Press WriterNew Yorkers should prepare for fewer services and potentially higher school and local property taxes under the most stern budget warning yet from Gov. David Paterson. "Everything is on the chopping block," Paterson said Friday at a meeting with...Tags: Executive Branch, Local Authority, State Budgets, Laws, Long Island
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Comptroller: Wall Street crisis may cost NY 40,000 jobs, $3.5B
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli estimated Monday that turmoil on Wall Street could cost New York up to $3.5 billion in tax revenues over the next year and a half while knocking out 40,000 financial sector jobs.
"The preliminary September numbers show...Tags: State Budgets, National Government, Personal Income, Long Island, Manhattan (New York City)
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Candidates should redo slogans, in light of economic crisis
dan.janison@newsday.comCrisis is clouding the slogans. John McCain's "Country First" sounds like the name of a busted bank, and Barack Obama's "Change We Need" suggests a search for coins behind the seat cushions. Financial failure has eclipsed war and terrorism. So even an...Tags: Huntington, Michael Bloomberg, State Budgets, Rudy Giuliani, Craig Johnson
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NY GOP catching up on environmental issues
Associated Press WriterNew York Senate Republicans turned nearly as green as Democrats this year in passing measures ranging from brownfields cleanup reform to new tax credits for solar power in New York City, according to a report Wednesday from environmentalists. The...Tags: Joseph Bruno, Laws, National Government, James Tedisco, Long Island
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Comptroller: Meltdown may cost NY $3.5B in revenue
Associated Press WriterState Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli estimated Monday that turmoil on Wall Street could cost New York up to $3.5 billion in tax revenues over the next year and a half while knocking out 40,000 financial sector jobs. "The preliminary September numbers...Tags: Financial and Business Services, State Budgets, National Government, Consumer Confidence, Personal Income
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Paterson to meet with legislature Oct. 3 about budget
Gov. David A. Paterson plans to meet with legislative leaders next week in a public session to deal with losses of tax revenue and jobs from Wall Street's meltdown. The public leaders' meeting Oct. 3 in Manhattan will be days after the administration...Tags: Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), David A. Paterson, Manhattan (New York City), Budgets and Budgeting
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Commuter tax: NYC wants it, LI doesn't. Period.
Spin CycleSen. Craig Johnson (D-Port Washington) denounced the proposal and a similar one in 2007, but Republican Barbara Donno charges on her Web site, from all appearances fictitiously, that a vote for Johnson ???is a vote to bring back the......Tags: Michael Bloomberg, State Budgets, Craig Johnson, Rudy Giuliani, Republican Party
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