NY school budgets within tax cap fare better
Voters in New York were quick to approve school budgets that didn't raise property taxes beyond new limits set by the state, but far less supportive of the ones seeking to override the tax cap, preliminary ...

For NY Farmers, Fracking Means Salvation _ or Ruin
NY farmers take sides, sometimes bitterly, over costs and benefits of shale gas drilling

NY farmers take sides, sometimes bitterly, over costs and benefits of shale gas drilling
ALBANY, N.Y. - When Dan Fitzsimmons looks across the Susquehanna River and sees the flares of Pennsylvania gas wells, he thinks bitterly of the riches beneath his own land locked up by the heated debate that has kept hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, out of New York.

Apple Evades Billions in Corporate Taxes, NY Times Reports
The New York Times accused Apple of evading billions of dollars in taxes by setting up subsidiary companies in tax-free or low-tax states and countries.

Corning Businessman Ordered to Pay Up
Corning, NY (WBNG Binghamton) A Corning businessman accused of not paying his taxes admits to not telling the State Department of Taxation and Finance everything he was lawfully required to.

NY Husband-Wife Political Feud Ends
The political feud between a New York assemblywoman and her estranged husband is officially over. Republican Mark Schimel, who decided to challenge his wife, Democrat Michelle Schimel, for the assembly seat she has held for three terms, has officially dropped out of the race. Mark...

Budget votes: Good news for NY’s kids
In school districts across New York, the voters have spoken: The property-tax cap overwhelmingly approved last year by Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature works. The cap has not only served to control tax increases, it’s also forced a major paradigm shift in the conversation over school property taxes. We...

NY Assembly enlists public in minimum wage fight
New York Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on Tuesday appealed for public pressure to force a vote that would raise the minimum wage, one of his top priorities but one that has defied a political ...

Report: Highest taxes in NY in places with low property values
ALBANY — Lawmakers should look at “tightening up” the state’s new ethics law... - 3:20 pm

Is Facebook's Saverin Dodging Taxes?
D.C. is all fired up over Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin's decision to give up his U.S. citizenship in advance of the company's initial public offering.