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Opinion
New York may be great for public school teachers — but kids and taxpayers pay a high price
New York is the best state to be a public school teacher, reports the financial services consumer site WalletHub. We…
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Stories
Hochul restarts 2nd Ave. subway project and punts congestion pricing revenue fight to 2025
Gov. Kathy Hochul dug out $54 million to restart the Second Avenue Subway construction project stalled after her sudden pause…
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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, NYC Mayor Eric Adams take victory lap on smoke shops crackdown — but enforcement hasn’t even started yet
They’re planning to smoke out the bad guys. Taking a somewhat premature victory lap Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul and New…
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Stories
Kathy Hochul gets on board with key parts of NY ‘Good Cause’ rent-control bill as state budget housing deal nears
Gov. Kathy Hochul is getting on board with key parts of the “Good Cause Eviction” bill being pushed by lefty…
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Opinion
New York’s costly consumer-protection insanity just won’t stay dead
Here’s another menace at risk of being rushed into law as part of the state budget: The so-called Consumer and…
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Opinion
Albany can’t let insane NY housing laws send Bronx back to bad old days
In a sign city housing is headed for even bigger trouble, 32 BJ SEIU building workers have OK’d a strike…
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Opinion
New York lawmakers’ spending spree will bankrupt the state
State lawmakers must be smoking some of that wacky tobacky they legalized, because the one-house budget bills they passed this…
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Stories
Albany Dems want to scrap Hochul’s proposed education cuts, raise taxes on high earners
Democrats in the state legislature want to scrap Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed reductions to education funding and embrace aspects of…
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Opinion
DiNapoli warns Albany against killing the golden goose with new tax hikes
As special interests push Gov. Kathy Hochul to accept tax increases next year, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli just released a…
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