By Kathy Kahn Atย 11:45p.m.ย on March 31, Albany lawmakers passed Gov. Andrew Cuomoโs $168.3 Billion NYS Budget for fiscal year 2018-2019, but no mention of how to address the $4 billion deficit the state faces were included.ย ย It is the fourth consecutive year the budget was passed โon time.โ Among the positives: A uniform policy on sexual […]
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced this week that overall local sales tax collections for calendarย year 2017.ย Rockland County’s sales tax revenue increased 2 percent from $205 to $209 million.ย Sales tax totaled $16.6 billion across New York State, an increase of $620 million, or 3.9 percent overย the previous year,ย marking theย highest year-over-year growth statewide sinceย 2013.ย New […]
By Kathy Kahn During the Roaring 20s, New York created its first public authorityโThe Port Authority of New York. Since then, that bloated agency has been joined by over 600 โauthoritiesโ โ a swamp where funding allocated to a specific authority often ends up underwriting unrelated state projects outside its purview. Withย New Yorkโs state-funded debt […]
By Kathy Kahn NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, guest speaker at the Rockland Business Assn. May 18 luncheon, praised its Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Councilโs two members, President of Rockland Community College, Dr. Cliff Wood (retiring June 30) and RBA President/CEO, Al Samuels. With credited courses and apprenticeships/internships geared toward creating a viable education/employment program, theirs […]