April 12,2013 Long Island Business Journal For the third straight year, New York has an on-time budget, thanks in large part to the bipartisan working relationship of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Senate Co-Leader Dean Skelos, who are protecting our regional interests as well as keeping a laser focus on economic development and job creation. Bipartisanship [...]
Times Union March 5,2013 A group of state Senate Republicans joined by David Valesky of the Independent Democratic Conference held a Tuesday morning news conference to roll out a package of proposals to boost the state’s agriculture industry. Led by Agriculture Committee Chairwomen Senator. Patty Ritchie, the lawmakers said they hope various programs will receive increased [...]
March 5,2013 New York Post Senate Republicans have rolled out a proposed tax package they say would save mostly middle-class families $1.8 billion , if they are able to convince Gov. Cuomo and Democrats to go along with their idea. The proposal would include the first increase in New York’s tax deduction for dependents in [...]
March 4th,2013 Albany Watch Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Nassau County, along with his fellow Republican colleagues will be unveiling a tax-relief package that would restore the popular property-tax rebate checks for homeowners and expand tax breaks for middle-class families. “Our tax relief and fairness plan will provide a major economic boost to New York’s [...]
Feb 11,2013 www.pressconnects.com State Sen. Tom O’Mara, R-Big Flats, has proposed a bill that seeks to phase out New York’s corporate franchise tax.The legislation, which has strong bipartisan support in the legislature and a companion bill in the Assembly, proposes a two-year phase-out of the state’s corporate franchise tax on manufacturers. The bill would [...]
10-09-2012 | capitaltonight.com Not surprisingly, the Senate Republicans have a combined fundraising advantage over their Democratic counterparts, according an analysis by the numbers wizard Bill Mahoney at the New York Public Interest Research Group. The tabulation shows the combined strength of the Senate GOP is, well, pretty strong. The Republicans have a grand total of [...]
Posted by: Joseph Spector – polhudson.lohudblogs.com | Oct 04, 2012 Sen. Greg Ball, R-Patterson, Putnam County, released a new ad today that his campaign says “focuses on Greg’s accomplishments, working with Governor Cuomo in an effective, bipartisan way.” It’s true, Ball doesn’t mention his Democratic opponent, Justin Wagner, focusing instead on his last two years [...]
October 3, 2012 | BY Celeste Katz – nydailynews.com A snapshot of two state Senate races could provide a glimpse into the future power balance in the chamber, a new Siena College Research Institute poll finds this morning. In SD-37, the Westchester seat currently held by retiring Democratic Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer, Democratic Assemblyman George Latimer [...]
“Eric will be a powerful voice in Albany on behalf of the men and women of the FDNY” Queens, New York-October 2, 2012…New York City Councilman and candidate for state senate in the 15th district today received the coveted endorsement of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, the campaign announced. Members of the UFA joined Councilman Ulrich [...]
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 – | northcounrtynow.com State Senator Patty Ritchie has been endorsed by the state’s largest association of small business owners who singled her out for her efforts to jump start New York’s economy and get people back to work. The New York chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business, which represents [...]
Polhud.com | Oct 02, 2012 Senate Republican candidate Sean Hanna is tying his Democratic foe Ted O’Brien to the opposition of the state teacher’s union to the property-tax cap. NYSUT president Richard Iannuzzi said last week that the union will sue to try to stop the property-tax cap. O’Brien is endorsed by NYSUT, and [...]
October 1, 2012 4:49 PM nydailynews.com | BY Celeste Katz Mayor Bloomberg Monday trashed the state teachers’ union for what he deemed its irrational backing of the state Senate Democrats. Our Durkin and Lovett report: Bloomberg was responding to a Daily News report detailing how the New York State United Teachers was planning to spend [...]
capitaltonight.com | September 26, 2012 Unshackle Upstate, the Rochester-based business group, announced its official endorsements this morning, releasing a list of mostly Republican candidates and challengers while promising to be active in several closely watched legislative races. Granted, Unshackle would certainly note that its long-sought legislative goals, including a paring of state mandated spending, regulatory [...]
capitaltonight.com | september 24, 2012 Sen. Stephen Saland, R-Poughkeepsie, has declared victory this afternoon in his razor-close GOP rimary battle against Neil Di Carlo. “Given the outcome of the absentee ballot count, I am honored and gratified the Republican voters have supported and selected me to serve as their candidate,” Saland said in a statement. [...]
Stands by His Record of Increasing $2,400 Tax Burden on Average Queens Family Queens, NY-September 24, 2012…In a shocking admission revealing he is unapologetic about increasing taxes an average of $2,400 on middle-class Queens families in a recent interview, Senator Joe Addabbo (D-WFP) has proven he is out-of-touch with the economic challenges faced by the [...]