New York’s estate tax will hit a growing number of middle-class households, small business owners and farmers, and is needlessly hindering economic growth while giving the state’s wealthiest households an added incentive to migrate, according to a report released today by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More
The complete 2013 fiscal year New York City payroll, which includes names and salaries for more than 475,000 full- and part-time employees, is now posted on SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire Center for Public Policy’s government spending transparency website. Read More
Payroll data for 67,050 state and local public authority employees in New York has been added to SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center for Public Policy’s public spending transparency website. Read More
Gov. Cuomo today announced yet another enormous state tax subsidy for the entertainment industry — this time for Disney and Netflix to produce a live-action Internet TV series based on Marvel Comics superheroes in New York City. Read More
A budget deficit and the threat of a credit downgrade hasn’t stopped Suffolk County from shelling out even more money to its cops, who are already among the highest paid in the country. Read More
The Empire Center for Public Policy says it has posted updated payroll information for all New York City government workers on the Internet, including the names and salaries of more than 475,000 full- and part-time employees. The think tank also posts state and public authority payrolls at the site SeeThroughNY.net. Read More
The President of the Empire Center argues a whole lot of New Yorkers have estates of at least a million dollars, the current floor above which the state takes a cut. Read More
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $142 billion budget proposal would cut taxes over the next several years by $2.2 billion. For fiscal watchdogs, one tax cut in particular stands out: a gradual eliminate of the estate tax, something most states don't have. Read More