Actor Stephen Baldwin pleaded guilty Friday to failing to pay state taxes after cutting a plea deal with the Rockland County district attorney’s office. From LoHud’s Hema Easley: Baldwin, 46, who lives in Upper Grandview, appeared in Rockland County Court Friday morning. The youngest of the four acting Baldwin brothers… Read More →
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Friday released his early reaction to New York’s new $135 billion budget, passed late last night by the state Assembly. And while he patted Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature for getting it done on time for the third year in a row and increasing the… Read More →
As he has in past years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo took a post-budget victory lap in video form, making the case to New Yorkers that their state is “rising once again” and pointing to the spending plan as proof. In the 5 1/2-minute video, Cuomo goes through the the merits of… Read More →
Facing criticism from a portion of the business world, Gov. Andrew Cuomo hosted a number of prominent statewide and regional business groups Thursday at the Executive Mansion, where he and top members of his administration pushed the merits of the newly passed $135 billion budget. Cuomo, Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy… Read More →
Democratic lawmakers and even liberal groups are taking issue with the state budget’s plan to provide $350 rebate checks to families with children in 2014. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, said he also isn’t thrilled with the checks, which will go out right before next year’s election to families with… Read More →
Exxon Mobil spent about $2.1 million on lobbying in New York in 2012, making it the second-largest spender, according to a new report from the state’s ethics board. But just about $105,000 of that actually went to the company’s lobbyists, state records show. The rest of it—$2 million—went towards a… Read More →
The Assembly Ethics Committee will review a complaint filed by the secretary of the Putnam County Democratic Committee about the marijuana possession charge against Assemblyman Steve Katz, R-Yorktown, Westchester County, the committee’s chairman said today. Assembly Ethics Committee chairman Charles Lavine, D-Nassau County, said the committee has received a request… Read More →
Spending on lobbying in New York state dropped to $205 million in 2012, a $15 million decrease from the previous year, according to a report Thursday from the state ethics board. The lower total represented the first drop in more than 12 years, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics found,... Read More →
New York is within its legal rights to collect sales tax from large, online retailers, the state’s top court found Thursday. The Court of Appeals ruled 3-1 against Amazon and Overstock.com, which had challenged a provision of state law that requires online sellers to collect sales tax on New York-based… Read More →
New York’s ongoing debate over hydraulic fracturing has hit something of a standstill in recent weeks. But with the budget season winding down, the fracking discussion will likely be heating up. Here’s a look at some of today’s developments: – Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell—a prominent Democrat who was at… Read More →