By Ed Cox, NYGOP chair Originally published in the NY Post Coincidence? Gov. Cuomo has changed the “Tax-Free NY” misnomer on his new economic plan to another optimistic label, “Start Up NY,” after Texas Gov. Rick Perry pointedly called the plan “small ball.” Problem is, under any name it still smells. Texas has neither a […]
“Welfare for Politicians won’t Clean Up Gov’t“ First published in the New York Post BY ED COX, NY GOP Chief New York taxpayers are the most beleaguered in America; they don’t need to start forking over even more money to fund political campaigns. It’s welfare for politicians. Last week, more than 70 Democratic Assembly Members […]
NYGOP Chair Ed Cox issued the following statement Tuesday on Gov. Cuomo’s proposed minimum wage increase: “As is often the case with Andrew Cuomo’s propositions, the proposed minimum wage increase is good politics for the Governor, but bad policy for New Yorkers. “Everyone likes the sound of higher wages, but a higher minimum wage means […]
NYGOP Chairman Ed Cox has called on Governor Cuomo to launch a Moreland Act Commission to investigate “waste, fraud and abuse” in New York’s Medicaid system. Cox criticized Cuomo for firing a year ago what he deemed a “qualified Medicaid inspector general” who’d recouped over $1.5 billion in wasteful spending, and replacing him with a […]