State Senator Seeks Online Delivery Charge to Fund City Infrastructure
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New Yorkers who shop online would pay 25 cents per package under a new proposal in Albany to raise $226 million annually for city infrastruture.
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Tuesday Headlines: Albany Budget Battle Edition
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The legislative elves of Albany have been busy putting together their responses to Gov. Hochul's proposed budget, a treasured step in the yearly budget dance. On Monday night, we finally learned some details.
Independent Budget Office: Fare-Free Buses Would Cost $652M
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The city's independent budget wonks have entered the free buses fray with an analysis of their very own — estimating the cost of eliminating bus fares to be lower than either supporters or skeptics of the proposal have suggested.
Revealed: State Pols Underfund Transit With Underhanded Move
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Stop the steal! New York State has been underfunding the MTA by hundreds of millions of dollars for decades, quietly reclassifying dedicated county taxes as its own contribution to the transit agency's operating budget.
Opinion: Gov. Hochul’s Failure to Act on ‘Complete Streets’ Will Mean More Senseless Road Death
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New York passed its Complete Streets law in 2011 after my 14-year-old daughter Brittany was hit and killed on Sunrise Highway. But the governor has not yet signed a bill that would make roads safer.
Drunk Drivers Who Kill Could Be Paying for their Crime for Almost 20 Years
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New York's legislature is only following Tennessee and other states that are seeking to make drunk drivers pay child support if their actions orphan a child.