Despite similar populations, Cortland County is spending $44 million more than Chenango County. This is a sign of a budget that has gotten away from taxpayers. However, with the newly approved 2018 budget, we could be seeing the beginning of the end for Cortland’s tax and spend cycle that has driven the county’s budget to […]
New “Fight the Fees” Campaign Will Engage Citizens to End Illegal Fees (Mineola, NY) — On the steps of the county legislature today, Reclaim New York Initiative called on Nassau County legislators to reject all $59 million in illegal fee increases from the County Executive’s proposed budget, and urged the elimination of illegal fees already […]
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 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, […]
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 […]
It is no secret that New York’s transit system is a disaster. Heck, it’s gotten so bad, the MTA was just served a class action lawsuit for damages over poor LIRR service. The MTA finally announced plans to deal with the summer of hell commuters are facing. The big idea? Warn commuters that the trains […]
