ALBANY—The State Senate has distributed a draft copy of its M.T.A. bailout bill, and a spokesman said staffers plan to introduce it later today.
I obtained a copy early, and one thing that jumped out as an extra detail above the framework revealed Monday is the exact structure of the payroll tax: It Read More
Michael Bloomberg’s tax policy is giving his political allies a headache.
At a breakfast in midtown last week, State Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos tried to send a clear anti-tax-increase message to business leaders.
“As I said before, the Senate is ready to do what’s appropriate to reduce spending, but we should not raise Read More
The Republican mayor of Larchmont, Liz Feld, just announced she’ll challenge the incumbent State Senator Suzi Oppenheimer, a Democrat. The strategy is laid out nearly in Feld’s public statement: "Smart, efficient government is possible—non-partisan leaders like Mike Bloomberg prove that— but we need fresh enthusiasm and a sense of urgency in Albany to achieve it." Read More
