BY PHIL GOLDSTEIN Managing Partner, Goldstein, Lieberman and Co. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)Â made significant changes to the child credit. This credit is generally available to taxpayers with children under the age of 17, but the new law adds a new (smaller) credit for other dependents. Here are the details. Old Rules –Â Under […]
BREAKING NEWS FROM MIT: Rebuilding organs so they might be used again BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman It’s time to check in with the latest research from my old stomping grounds at MIT. During my years as a mathematics professor at the university I was exposed to the latest advances in many fields of science. […]
By Town of Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann It’s hard to believe, but spring is here, and with it, a lot of discussions about what projects should be done in and around the house. Is this the year you finally remodel the bathroom, or is it way past the time to repave the driveway? Can we […]
From the Office of State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli on Wednesday announced that the New York State Common Retirement Fund (the Fund) plans to vote against all board directors standing for re-election at companies that have no women on their boards. In situations where a company has just one woman […]
To the Editor, Last Thursday night, March 15, 2018, I attended a meeting of the Town of Ramapo Zoning Board of Appeals. The second item was a developer who wanted to put a larger multifamily house on a cul de sac that consists of single family homes. Some of the neighbors on the street supported the developer because the […]
By Brendan Scanlon In 2008 Ashleigh Dickinson took a gap year and used her time off to teach ESL in a country in West Africa; Republic of The Gambia. She had such a profound connection with the students there that she now runs a charitable program dedicated to gathering the necessary funds to send […]