‘It is time for New York to act like the economic powerhouse that it is. Right here and right now, we can generate the recurring revenue we need to create…
The economy would have been a major topic in this campaign year even if COVID-19 never happened. Now, amid massive unemployment, a fiscal emergency, and potential long-term changes in commuting…
‘While I and many other CUNY employees are enraged at the chancellor’s handling of the crisis, he is also administering a system that was slashed in 1975 and gradually bled…
‘The lower the trading volume, the lower the tax. This would help diminish the wild and speculative volatility that caused many of Wall Street’s and America’s problems in recent years.’
‘We have flattened and contained the virus better than almost any place in the country,’ says Partnership for New York City chief Kathy Wylde, ‘but there still is a deep…
‘We’re cosponsoring legislation that will reform the Cooperative / Condominium Property Tax Abatement by ending tax breaks for luxury owners who don’t need them.’
A lack of regulations, and a dearth of information about what impact earlier place-based tax programs had, has some New York advocates and experts worried that Opportunity Zones offer as…