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Economic Development
CBC Report Assesses Amazon's Move to Empire State
Spectrum News
November 21, 2018
A new breakdown of the Amazon deal concludes that although the city's tech sector and tax revenue will reap considerable benefits, further analysis exposes glaring weaknesses in the the city and state's economic development policy
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CBC report finds Cuomo budget grew by 3.7 percent
May 30, 2017
A common boast of the Cuomo administration — that state operating funds have grown less than two percent per year — is artificially propped up by a series of fiscal tricks, the Citizens Budget Commission said in a report issued on Tuesday morning.
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Those kicked cans pile up
February 21, 2017
Fiscal gimmicks: Kick the can down the road a few times, and those cans start to pile up.
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CBC: Cuomo uses 'gimmicks' to low-ball spending growth
February 14, 2017
The CBC has a word for the tweaks in spending and revenue that Gov. Andrew Cuomo used to hold the operating spending increase in his executive budget under 2 percent: “gimmicks.”
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Watchdog group: Cuomo budget uses $1.2 billion in fiscal gimmicks
February 13, 2017
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo counts on $1.2 billion in "fiscal gimmicks" to keep spending growth below 2 percent in his proposed 2017 state budget.
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Budget watchdog: Cuomo’s plans tally $15.5B in new spending
January 17, 2017
An independent budget watchdog says Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s new spending and borrowing proposals would add as much as $15.5 billion to the state budget and to the state’s debt.
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Five things to watch in Cuomo's proposed budget
January 17, 2017
Five things to watch Governor Cuomo's roughly $150 billion spending plan, with analysis and comment from CBC
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Taxes
NYS Exposed: Why Did the State Change the STAR Program?
WHEC News 10 NBC
October 20, 2016
New homeowners are running into problems with the state's STAR Program. As part of this year's budget, the tax break for homeowners turned into a rebate check. The problem? The state shorted hundreds of homeowners.