Today the Port of Oswego’s Executive Director William W. Scriber expressed concern at the continuing rising of water levels on Lake Ontario.
For years the Governor and the Assembly Democrats have pushed for state-funded political campaigns. With one-party rule, publicly-funded political campaigns are nearing reality. This year, the budget authorized spending of up to $100 million annually to fund statewide political races.
In 1994, the state began the Linked Deposit Program (LDP) to assist and encourage firms, manufacturers and small businesses to make investments.
While not directly related to NYS fiscal issues, some of the biggest policies included in this year’s state budget were changes to our state’s criminal justice system.
New York's property taxes are the highest in the nation. Tragically, this year’s state budget, instead of trying to provide some tax relief to our already overburden property owners, makes ill-conceived changes to the one state program that is actually designed to provide property tax relief—that is, the STAR (School Tax Relief) Program.
Sometimes being an elected official can be challenging because you are forced to make difficult decisions.
A statement from Assemblyman Will Barclay (R,C,I,Ref-Pulaski) following the passage of the 2019-20 state budget:
Our local roads and bridges are in need of serious investments.
Our local ambulance companies and volunteer organizations provide a critical service to residents in need of medical transport.
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