More Families May Be Eligible for the Child Care Credit/Dependency Exemption

More Families May Be Eligible for the Child Care Credit/Dependency Exemption

BY PHIL GOLDSTEIN Managing Partner, Goldstein, Lieberman and Co. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) 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 – Under […]

AN OMBUDSMAN ALERT FROM THE FUTURE!

AN OMBUDSMAN ALERT FROM THE FUTURE!

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. […]

Hometown Happenings: Investing Wisely in Clarkstown’s Future

Hometown Happenings: Investing Wisely in Clarkstown’s Future

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 […]

New Rule for NY Pension Fund: Zero Women, Zero Votes

New Rule for NY Pension Fund: Zero Women, Zero Votes

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 […]

The Starling Sponsorship Program

The Starling Sponsorship Program

  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 […]