Cuomo Panel to New York State workers: gravy train over

It’s really a small recommendation when you think about it, but one, that no doubt will cause gnashing of teeth across the Empire state. A panel set up the new New York Governor has recommended a new tier for pension eligibility that will apply to new state employees and while it will have little affect…

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Snow is the least of New York’s problems

Much has been written about the travails of New York State.  With each year of budget deficits, the solution always seems to be to raise tax rates.  Higher tax tax rates cause people to leave the state, resulting in fewer taxpayers and thus less tax revenue and ever increasing deficits.   So, it came a no surprise that the…

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Waiver on the way? Union cuts health care coverage for dependents

At first read, this seems to be a complex case, so let’s not all jump on the “it’s Obamacare” bandwagon, even though part of the problem is the new health care legislation. A “low-wage” health attendant union – an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) – will be dropping coverage for its member’s…

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Don’t raise taxes on my state’s rich people

This would be funny were it not for the fact that those proposing this legislation are actually serious. We all know that come January 1 everyone’s taxes will rise substantially.  The Obama administration, however,  seems to be backing an extension of the Bush tax cuts except for the “wealthy”, who are currently defined as anyone…

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New York State has 200,000 government employees

I was just reading this post over at WINS 1010 concerning Gov. David Paterson’s (D-N.Y.) problem with the unions after his plans might result in – God forbid – state employee layoffs. I noted the state employs 200,000 workers. Guess how many Ford Motor Company has?

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KSM terrorist trail may be moved out of New York City

Suggesting Khalid Shaikh Mohammed be tried in New York City federal court was judicial theater in the first place, and now Mayor Michael Bloomberg has requested Attorney General Eric Holder take his road show somewhere else. Hey, I seem to remember we’ve got this out-of-the-way court set up somewhere warm…

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