May 18
2012
IDA reform bill languishing
Legislation proposed by Assemblyman Sean Ryan to rein in town industrial development agencies has failed to gain traction. A report from NPR’s Innovation Trail.
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May 18
2012
Legislation proposed by Assemblyman Sean Ryan to rein in town industrial development agencies has failed to gain traction. A report from NPR’s Innovation Trail.
May 17
2012
May 17
2012
Investigative Post and WGRZ 2 On Your Side team up to document Demone Smith’s history of not filing campaign disclosure reports on time and failure to pay more than $4,000 in fines.
May 17
2012
The New York Board of Elections has slapped a campaign committee controlled by Common Council Majority Leader Demone Smith with another fine for failing to file financial disclosure reports. The most recent fine of $1,121 is at least the seventh assessed against Smith campaign committees. The fines total $4,084 and the committees have yet to pay any of them, including one that dates to March 2008. Smith, in an interview Tuesday, said he is working with the Board of Elections in an effort to reduce the fines. “We’re trying to get them lowered,” he said. However, John Conklin, a spokesman[...]
May 16
2012
Virtually all districts in New York are now tapping reserves to cover operating costs in the face of property tax cap.
May 16
2012
May 16
2012
Liz Benjamin has the Assembly’s roll call vote.
May 16
2012
Mother Jones charts rising inequality in a series of eye-catching charts.