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Wake Up, New York
A recent Op-Ed in the New York Post by John Faso, discusses the shrinking population in New York State and its implications for the future. Faso surmises that New Yorkers are fleeing the state — most...
View ArticleCrains: Wall Street Bank Bailout
How come this bank gets propped up, but others don’t? Crain’s New York has the news here: Wall Street bails out Carver Federal with fat check The Harlem bank raises $55 million from an investment...
View ArticleStriking Workers, Striking Policy
It may not be well known, but in New York, strikers – like the Verizon ones – are able to collect unemployment insurance while striking.It’s about time we expose the audacity of union employees...
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De Blasio and the Universal Preschool Fallacy
The new pre-school plan presented by Mayor de Blasio reveals just how politically disingenuous he really is. In his effort to push the progressive agenda he put forth during his campaign, de Blasio...
View ArticleDe Blasio’s Commuter Tax Scheme Is Another Burden For NYC Businesses
De Blasio recently announced the implementation of the NYC Commuter Benefits Law, which goes into effect on January 1, 2016. This law “requires for-profit and nonprofit employers with 20 or more...
View ArticleMore Minimum Wage Hikes Mean Future Woes
On Wednesday, January 6, Mayor DeBlasio proclaimed a $15/hr minimum wage for the public workers in New York City. The cost for such a plan is expected to be more than $200 million over the next five...
View ArticleNew Yorkers Leaving In Droves
The New York Post had an article the other day regarding the continuous stream of New Yorkers leaving the state. An analysis found that “in 2014, 126,000 tax filers moved out of New York,” more than...
View ArticleSchumer’s Hypocrisy on State and Local Taxes
It is virtually impossible to defend the part of the Internal Revenue Code that provides for a deduction for individuals who pay State and Local income taxes (“SALT”). The deduction is simply a subsidy...
View ArticleGovernor Cuomo: Clueless or Dangerous?
Governor Cuomo has come out blasting the new tax law, and in particular the substantial reduction in the deduction for State and Local Taxes (“SALT”), as unconstitutional and an “attack only on blue...
View ArticleCNN Gets New York’s Future Wrong
As a lifelong New Yorker and fan of Jerry Seinfeld, I really wanted to like CNN’s article,“Jerry Seinfeld is right about New York’s future.” The more I read it however, the more delusional it became...
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