tax hikes
Nassau Exec Bruce Blakeman submits $4.2B county budget -- featuring no tax hike and more cops
Since taking office in 2022, Blakeman said he has hired over 600 law enforcement officers, and vetoed over $150 million in tax hikes approved by his Democratic predecessor Laura Curran.
Trump is already playing with fire with his tariff plan— adding a tax hike could mean GOP civil war
Donald Trump was already playing with economic fire with his tariff plan, something that is all but certain to stoke some degree of inflation, and slow the economy at least...
Post experts give their unvarnished view on Hochul’s $229 billion boondoggle
New York is not expected to keep up with growing demand over the next two decades, and the state plans to replace reliable natural gas power plants with unreliable wind...
Joe Manchin's anti-'Made in America' bill
“We did not raise taxes, we closed loopholes,” Sen. Joe Manchin said of his agreement with Sen. Chuck Schumer on the latest “Build Back Better” bill.
The taxman cometh: Biden reportedly planning hikes for these earners
The boost could include an increase in the corporate tax rate and the individual rate for individuals earning over $400,000 per year, among others, Bloomberg News reported.
State lawmakers' tax-hike temptation could end NY as we know it
Albany progressives are drooling at the chance to hike taxes as they hammer out a budget for the new fiscal year, which starts April 1. Yet their dreams threaten a...
Joe Biden's killer tax threat to New York
If Joe Biden becomes president and rams through the massive tax hikes he’s promised, rapper 50 Cent won’t be the only New Yorker to flee. And the exodus of high-income...
Andrew Cuomo’s dubious bid to keep the wealthy from fleeing New York
When it comes to socking New York’s economy with tax hikes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo gets it — for now. Unlike with his no-end-in-sight COVID restrictions. “I literally talk to people...
Private sector bleeding badly — but Democrats are still looking to milk it to death
It’s not surprising but it’s still stark: The US economy shrank 33 percent in the year’s second quarter over where it was in 2019, the biggest drop in records going...
Will New York lawmakers dare to face the state's fiscal woes?
New York’s Legislature spent its first week back in a mad rush to push policing-reform bills. Now comes the hard part: deciding what (if anything) to do about the collapse...
Andrew Cuomo has better ways to get federal aid than issuing threats
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Washington needs to drop $61 billion into his cardboard cup, or woe will be upon the Empire State. Scared yet? Because that’s the point. While coping...
Mike Bloomberg unveils $5 trillion tax plan
Mike Bloomberg is feeling philanthropic — this time with your money. The 2020 presidential candidate unveiled $5 trillion in proposed new taxes Saturday as part of his sweeping domestic program....
How New Jersey did bail reform better than New York
It turns out the public isn’t particularly crazy about criminal defendants accused of serious offenses waltzing out of courthouses before their alleged victims are discharged from the hospital (that is,...
Jonathan Turley’s visit to the lion’s den and other commentary
Impeachment: Turley’s Visit to the Lion’s Den “The most dangerous place for an academic is often between the House and the impeachment of an American president,” Jonathan Turley remarks in...
Trump takes aim at Paris protests to comment on climate change agreement
President Trump crowed over violent protests in Paris on Saturday, saying they prove he was right to withdraw the US from the global pact to fight climate change. “The Paris...
Gas tax protests turn violent in Paris
In a scene straight out of “Les Miserables,” 5,000 angry demonstrators set fires and stormed barricades Saturday in Paris along the famed Champs-Elysees to protest president Emmanuel Macron and the...