Apr 3
2012
Ending “socialism for the rich”
Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston outlines how to revise the tax code to stop subsidizing corporations and the super rich and get the economy back on its feet.
Posted 12 years ago
Apr 3
2012
Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston outlines how to revise the tax code to stop subsidizing corporations and the super rich and get the economy back on its feet.
Mar 29
2012
Higgins would have to pull a Chris Lee to lose his job. Hochul would have to pull, well, a Hochul to keep hers.
Mar 29
2012
ProPublica investigation raises “the specter that groups may be working together in ways that violate the rules, campaign finance experts said. We also found instances in which overseers of some political action committees directed hefty fees to their own companies, a legal form of self-dealing.”
Mar 26
2012
Momentum grows for clipping wings of town IDAs that grant tax breaks other governments have to live with
Mar 22
2012
Serious problems found at all six state agencies providing residential services throughout New York.
Mar 21
2012
By Luke Hammill The UB Foundation and other foundations and non-profits associated with SUNY schools operate in some ways similar to authorities in state government. In UB’s case, its foundation manages university real estate, grants scholarships and supplements the pay of hundreds of employees. But unlike state authorities, SUNY-related foundations operate behind closed doors. Their meetings are not open to the public and their records are not subject to disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Law. The opaqueness has come under criticism in the face of press reports that raised possible conflicts of interest by UB Foundation board members[...]
Mar 21
2012
Assemblyman Sean Ryan, with backing of Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, is drafting bill to limit tax breaks IDAs can offer.
Mar 21
2012
South Buffalo Common Council member tops Higgins aid Chris Fahey by 57-43 margin.