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Cuomo: Create tax-free zones around SUNY campuses
High-tech businesses from other states and abroad that move onto or next to college campuses in New York would operate free of all business, property and personal income taxes for 10 years under a proposal released Wednesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo said the plan would create jobs in a ...
Most NY school district budgets OK'd by voters
New Yorkers voting on school budgets for next year have approved nearly all of the proposals containing tax increases within state-imposed taxing limits. Budgets that proposed bigger tax increases mostly failed. More than 630 school budgets, about 96 percent, were approved around the state, a preliminary analysis by the New ...
A sampling of editorials from around New York
The Buffalo News on the assemblyman who called on Speaker Sheldon Silver to step down. May 21 Alone among Democrats in the New York state Assembly, Michael P. Kearns has the nerve to call on Speaker Sheldon Silver to step down in light of Silver's maneuvers to protect a serial ...
NY Cuomo letter warns Kardashian over T-shirt logo
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sent a letter to Khloe Kardashian informing the reality star the logo on her T-shirt line may be violating copyright law. The governor confirmed his administration sent what he called a "pro forma" letter advising Kardashian that her T-shirt line resembles the logo of a ...
Despite aid boost, more budget pain for NY schools
A recent offering on the Wyoming Central School District's monthly lunch menu may have seemed routine anywhere else: a hot dog and corn. But it merited a special note in the western New York district — because it was hot. The 147 students in the farm country town have gotten ...
Spire installed on WTC tower, making it 1,776 feet
The World Trade Center's rebirth has long revolved around creating a centerpiece of unsparing symbolism: a skyscraper 1,776 feet tall, its height an homage and a bold statement about looking forward. The new 1 World Trade Center reached that height with the lowering of a silvery spire from a crane ...
NY state hosts tourism summit to boost economy
New York will seek to entice tourists from other states and countries vacationing in New York City to be lured to upstate destinations, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday after a statewide "tourism summit." "Now is the time to tell New York's story," Cuomo said. He said the state in the ...
Carl Paladino wins Buffalo school board seat
Outspoken developer Carl Paladino, with the same never-back-down style that propelled him to the Republican nomination for governor in 2010, has won an open seat on the Buffalo school board. Unofficial election results posted Tuesday evening by the Erie county Board of Elections showed Paladino winning the seat with nearly ...
Tourism industry leaders to meet for NY summit
Business leaders will be meeting in Albany this week for a state summit on tourism, which is the fifth largest employer in the state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a release announcing the summit that it will continue his administration's dialogue with the business community to find ways to boost ...
Gas-storage plans in NY's Finger Lakes draw outcry
The Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, frequented by tourists for its vistas, recreation and vineyards, is dotted with caverns left behind a century ago when the area was a major salt-producing region. Now, an energy company is eyeing those caves as ideal spaces for storing natural gas, upsetting ...
2016: Rare same-state pairings in the early stages
The early stages of the 2016 presidential race feature an unusual cluster of high-powered potential candidates hailing from the same states, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Rep. Paul Ryan among them. Walker gained Republican Party cult-figure status when he beat back a labor union attempt to oust him from office ...
NY appeals court upholds local fracking bans
A mid-level appeals court says New York municipalities can use local zoning laws to ban the use of hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas. The four-judge appellate division panel ruled unanimously Thursday that state mining and drilling law doesn't trump the authority of local governments to control land use. ...
Cuomo admin: 'No timetable' on fracking decision
Months ago, the Cuomo administration promised a decision within weeks on whether to allow hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. Now, one of the key officials says there's "no timetable" for a decision. "It's kind of like shooting at a moving target," said Dr. Nirav Shah, the state health commissioner. He ...
Local setbacks vex GOP governors eyeing 2016 race
Republican governors are often seen as innovative policymakers and potential presidential candidates, but a few are struggling with political or ethical problems that might crimp their ambitions. Two governors eyeing possible White House bids — Bob McDonnell of Virginia and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana — suddenly find themselves fending off ...
APNewsBreak: NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo has book deal
Andrew Cuomo, the popular governor and a possible presidential contender in 2016, has a book deal. HarperCollins told The Associated Press on Monday that Cuomo will write "a full and frank account" about his private life and the "profound moments" of his first term in office, including signing gay-marriage legislation. ...
NY's Cuomo: Clinton no bearing on 2016 thinking
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that he's not talking about running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016 and he's not waiting to see if Hillary Clinton runs. Over his first two years as governor, Cuomo has repeatedly refused to talk publicly about running for president despite prompting by ...
6 months after Sandy, thousands homeless in NY, NJ
The 9-year-old girl who got New Jersey's tough-guy governor to shed a tear as he comforted her after her home was destroyed is bummed because she now lives far from her best friend and has nowhere to hang her One Direction posters. A New Jersey woman whose home was overtaken ...
SUNY Downstate withdraws plan to close hospital
A Brooklyn teaching hospital that was part of a big state budget fight within the Legislature will remain open after all. The State University of New York Downstate Medical Center says Friday it will withdraw its plan to close Long Island College Hospital. The decision reported by NY1 in New ...
Consultants' role in NY drilling study questioned
Government watchdog Common Cause and 11 environmental groups raised more questions Thursday about the role of gas industry-associated consultants in the state's environmental impact study of shale gas drilling and fracking. A review of Department of Environmental Conservation documents obtained by Common Cause through Freedom of Information Law requests shows ...
NY groups claim industry bias in fracking study
Opponents of gas drilling and a dozen state lawmakers on Wednesday called for the Department of Environmental Conservation to scrap work done by a consultant as part of an environmental impact review of fracking, saying the firm is part of an industry group lobbying to lift the state's 5-year-old shale ...
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