ALBANY—State Senator Jeff Klein today will introduce another bill to raise income taxes on higher-income earners, but it does not have support from major players in a coalition that has been pushing similar legislation.
Klein's bill will increase the standard deduction for those earning less than $250,000 in addition to increasing the tax rate on Read More
ALBANY—Why is Carl Kruger getting a pass?
The ring-leader of the so-called "gang of three" has spent a quiet holiday season, people close to him say, and as his fellow renegades have been blasted by mail, canvasser and YouTube, no one has gone after Kruger.
He even passed some quality time at Brooklyn scion Read More
ALBANY—Two can play the flyering game, apparently.
State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. sent out this open letter in response to a campaign by labor groups to try to bring him in line behind State Senator Malcolm Smith.
Smith is trying to round up 32 votes to become the chamber's majority leader.
"I have Read More
ALBANY—Oh, now he's done it.
This was supposed to be a budget battle, over technical minutiae on Medicaid reimbursement streams and Wick's Law, to make all but the biggest government geek's eyes glaze over.
But there they were, right on pages 125 through 136 of a budget briefing binder: new taxes and fees on Read More
