Business
- Andrew Cuomo
IRS Says New York Lost More Taxpaying Residents Than Any Other State
According to an IRS report on migration data in 2013, New York lost more taxpaying residents than any other state in the nation, a total of 115,000 residents with a…
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Cuomo’s SAFE Act Shuts Down Another Business
Kordell Jackson, owner of two gun shop locations known as Jackson Guns and Ammo for over a decade, has had to shut down both stores. The most recent closing occurred…
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Report: New York Tax Cronyism Among the Worst In The Country
In what is being hailed as a groundbreaking report that exposes tax cronyism amongst each individual state, the New York tax climate has been singled out as a textbook example of…
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Texas, Not New York, Reigns as the Business Empire State
Last week, Texas Governor Rick Perry challenged New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to a friendly debate over economic policies. Perry issued the challenge during a trip to the Empire state in which…
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Business Group With Over 11,000 Members Can’t Find One That Has Seen Lower Costs Under Obamacare
On a site called Obamacare Facts, an argument is made that state health care exchanges “will help lower costs and improve choice of plans” for small business owners. The site…
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Report: Cuomo’s Hesitation on Fracking Decision Forcing Businesses to Leave New York
Recent reports claim that Governor Cuomo was as close as he’d ever come to approving fracking in New York state, but was convinced by his brother-in-law Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,…
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Homeland Security: If a Gunman Attacks Your Workplace, Arm Yourself With Scissors or Run
Well I certainly hope they aren’t advocating doing both at the same time. ‘Cause even in a hail of bullets, nobody should risk their safety by running with scissors. The…
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Journalists Instructed to Report on Benefits of Obamacare: “There’s Only Upside”
Earlier this month, we covered a suspect symposium being sponsored by a pro-Obamacare organization, designed to provide journalists with “specialized education in health care reporting”. The anticipation of media bias was palpable.…
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Governor Cuomo Proposes ‘Tax Free Zones’ to Spur Innovation and Business
Wait, what? Lower taxes spur innovation, business, and by extension, the economy? Who knew? Via the Troy Record: Representatives from area colleges are in agreement that they are interested in…
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Victory: Thruway Authority Abandons Plan to Raise Tolls on New Yorkers
The New York State Thruway Authority, after spending months trying to implement what they called a “modest” 45% toll hike on trucks in the state, conducting under-publicized meetings, sending officials…
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NY Authorities Respond to Outcry Over Thruway Toll Hike on Trucks, Propose Hike on Cars Too
Officials at the New York State Thruway Authority have seemingly revealed new depths of tone deaf condescension toward the citizens of their state. As FreedomWorks pointed out yesterday, officials at…
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New York Ready to Take Another Toll on Business?
Not merely content with holding this year’s position as the least business-friendly state in the nation, or ranking dead last for business tax climate, or even being named to the…
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Tax Report: New York Ranks Dead Last For Business
While the Cuomo administration has experienced what some would call an historic term in office, one aspect contributing to that description has been the Governor’s insistence that New York is open…
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Biden Admits “Yes We Do” Want to Raise Taxes by a Trillion Dollars
Anybody else looking forward to the vice-presidential debates as much as I am? Biden is simply the gift that keeps on giving… I’m sure businesses will be chomping at the…
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Small Business Owners Fight Back With “I Built This” Video
President Obama recently let us all peak into his economic world view recently when he proclaimed that, “if you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that”. He added, “Somebody else…
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President Obama: Success Isn’t Because You’re “So Smart” or Because You “Worked Hard”
The President this weekend confirmed his view that the biggest factor contributing to wealth and success in this country is not hard work or entrepreneurial spirit – it’s the federal…
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Despite Cuomo’s Claims, New York Ranks As Least Business-Friendly State in the Nation
While the Cuomo administration has experienced what some would call an historic term in office, one aspect contributing to that description has been the Governor’s insistence that New York is…
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GDP Plummets Below First Quarter Expectations
Good thing we had that Summer of Recovery a couple of years ago. Otherwise, who knows where we’d be now? CNBC: U.S. economic growth cooled in the first quarter as…
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Marion Barry Wins Democratic Primary, Vows to Address Dirty Asians
How does this man continue to get elected? What exactly is in the water down in D.C.? Via NBC Washington: While celebrating his Democratic primary victory in Ward 8 Tuesday…
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