Statement from Republican gubernatorial candidate John A. DeFrancisco Governor Andrew Cuomo’s convoluted new personal income tax scheme — it would create up to 2,287 new bureaucratic entities in New York — is “the work of a mind severed from reason and reality,” New York state senator and Republican gubernatorial candidate John A. DeFrancisco today charged. […]
BY KATHY KAHN Gov. Andrew Cuomo touted the progress New York made in 2017 to a full house in Albany on January 3, 2018, despite the $4 billion deficit hanging over his head. Cuomo announced millions in funding for several projects, including a hemp factory in upstate Binghamton, the completion of “cashless tolling” on the […]
“Governor Cuomo’s State of the State speech was short on specifics for public education. We anticipate the upcoming legislative session will be dominated by discussions about state budget deficits and tax restructuring. Worth noting is that the governor never mentioned budget cuts. A few of the education items the governor did propose — such as […]
BY E.J. McMAHON Founder and research director, Empire Center You don’t have to be a fan of the federal tax deal to realize its impact on states like New York has been misrepresented by most of its leading political critics. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, for example, last week claimed the bill “raises middle-class taxes.” Wrong. Even […]