Las familias serán elegibles para un pago suplementario este otoño si recibieron el Empire State Child Credit cuando presentaron sus declaraciones de impuestos de 2023. Sin embargo, los expertos dicen que la fórmula utilizada para calcular los pagos no es equitativa y excluye a las familias de ingresos más bajos de obtener el crédito máximo.
Families will be eligible for a supplemental payment this fall if they received the Empire State Child Credit when they filed 2023 tax returns. However, experts say the formula used to calculate payments is inequitable and excludes the lowest-income families from the maximum credit.
Tanto el Senado como la Asamblea estatal han incluido en sus propuestas presupuestarias reformas fiscales que beneficiarían a las personas con un número de identificación personal del contribuyente (ITIN por sus siglas en inglés), a menudo utilizadas por los trabajadores inmigrantes. Sus defensores afirman que ampliar los beneficios tributarios a esta población ayudaría a reducir la pobreza infantil.
Both the Senate and the Assembly have included tax-related reforms in their “one-house” budget proposals that would impact those with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs), often used by immigrant workers. Advocates say extending credits to this population would help reduce child poverty.
While lawmakers continue to negotiate housing initiatives and tenant protections in Albany, supporters of the Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act are positioning the bill as one of the state’s best shots at passing meaningful housing legislation this year. “It’s hard to put your guard up when it’s the neighborhood church saying we want to build,” sponsor Andrew Gounardes told City Limits.
When morning broke on November 4, six Democratic incumbents representing parts of New York City were trailing in their re-election races. Five appear to have survived.
On Staten Island, Nicole Malliotakis claimed victory late Tuesday but incumbent Max Rose refused to concede. In the State Senate, Democrat Andrew Gounardes is trailing Republican Vito Bruno by about 6,000 votes. Plus more updates.
Poll sites in New York City opened at 6 a.m. Thursday, where residents were already lining up to cast ballots in an historic presidential election amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Andrew Gounardes turned one of the last red seats in New York city blue two years ago. He could face a tough race trying to hang on to it.
Gounardes has run a fairly progressive race—supporting congestion pricing, LGBTQ rights, reproductive freedom, new investment in parks and reforms like early voting.
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