SAFE Act supporter gives a little to local permit holders BY DYLAN SKRILOFF When the White Plains-based daily newspaper the Journal News published a list of legal pistol permit holders on an interactive website map back in December 2012, it stirred a local and national hornets’ nest. Amazingly, fallout continues 15 months later. The Rockland […]
NY DAILY NEWS No one’s going to protest against this guy’s death. Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps Sr. has been admitted to a hospice facility and is “on the edge of death,” his estranged son revealed. The 84-year-old preacher established the small Kansas church in 1955 and made it a household name by picketing […]
Republican wins Congress seat in 2014 ‘Obamacare’ test (via AFP) Republican David Jolly won a special congressional election in Florida, in an important early test of President Barack Obama’s health care reforms as lawmakers gear up for November’s mid-term elections. “We had a big win last night in Florida,” House…
The average bonus paid to securities industry employees in New York City grew by 15 percent to $164,530 in 2013, which is the largest average bonus since the 2008 financial crisis, and the third highest on record, according to an estimate released Wednesday by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The bonus estimate includes […]
From GasBuddy.com Average retail gasoline prices in New York have risen 2.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.74/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 6,118 gas outlets in New York. This compares with the national average that has increased 3.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.47/g, according to […]
Proposed tax on wealthy breaks with traditional party line BY CHERYL SLAVIN A recent Tax Code reform proposal by Republican Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee David Camp has broken the recent mold of the Republican Party and revealed ideological fissures within the party. Camp has not kept secret his long held desire […]