When it comes time to balance the budget, elected officials can cut costs, raise taxes, or steal from citizens. Nassau politicians have chosen to steal. The use of fees to nickel-and-dime county residents is terrible policy. It hurts citizens and businesses who can’t afford to pay more for the same level of service. It doesn’t […]
When it comes time to balance the budget, elected officials can cut costs, raise taxes, or steal from citizens. Nassau politicians have chosen to steal. The use of fees to nickel-and-dime county residents is terrible policy. It hurts citizens and businesses who can’t afford to pay more for the same level of service. It doesn’t […]
There are good budgets, there are bad budgets, then there are shameless budgets. The new Mount Vernon budget proposal is the definition of shameless. Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas’ budget for 2018 includes a double-digit-percent raise for himself. The $118.3 million budget proposed is nearly an 11 percent increase in spending, up $11.6 million from […]
Reclaim New York Initiative offered the following statement on the Thruway Authority’s Toll Advisory Task Force dysfunction: “This is another slap in the face to the very Rockland and Westchester residents who will foot the bill for this bridge, and use it the most.“Instead of living up to promises of an open process and […]
Reclaim New York Initiative offered the following statement in response to Empire State Development’s shameless bragging about taxpayer-financed productions winning Emmy awards: “The state’s film tax credit job claims are a fiction straight out of the Hollywood productions they’re forcing New York taxpayers to finance. “New Yorkers did not win anything at the Emmy’s. Again, […]
Incredibly some legislators have found another way to make life more expensive for you, and doing business more costly and difficult for tradesmen. At least one Ulster County Legislator feels electricians aren’t already overburdened enough by government, and need to pay more ever year just to be allowed to work. Legislator Hector Rodriguez has proposed […]
Reclaim New York Initiative offered the following statement in response to votes today by the Hempstead Town Board that defeated eight amendments that would have greatly improved the Supervisor’s ethics reform proposal, and final passage of an ethics reform measure: “It has taken decades for new ethics reform to be considered in Hempstead. Shamefully, a […]
Join Reclaim New York Initiative on September 5th and tell the Hempstead Town Board that you deserve real ethics reform. Tuesday, September 5th 9:00 AM – Let your voice be heard in a rally at the entrance of Hempstead Town Hall. 10:30 AM – Speak in support of real ethics reform at the Hempstead […]