… the normal county-level costs still apply. The state’s re-certification process doesn’t apply to those in Westchester County, New York City and on Long Island, which had already required pistol license holders to periodically re-up prior to the SAFE …
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Cuomo creates 200-member task force to ensure wage goes up
… minimum wage – formerly $9 outside of New York City – is now $9.70 in upstate; $10 on Long Island and in Westchester County; and $11 in New York City (or $10.50 for small businesses, defined as 10 employees or fewer). The governor, flanked at his …
Governor Cuomo Signs School District Budget Transparency…
… Editor (914) 997-1607 wpcnr@aol.com Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed Assemblyman David Buchwald’s (D-Westchester County) legislation to provide more financial transparency in school districts. This law was proposed by S tate Comptroller Thomas P. …
Port Chester Can Collect Bed Tax As Governor Signs Hotel-Motel Tax Into Law
… legislation passed in June. The 3 percent “bed tax” was signed into law Saturday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — Just before the Jan. 1 deadline, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a new hotel and motel tax into law for 14 Westchester County …
Cuomo acts on 23 bills; indigent legal services bill still awaits
… is taken, it will age into law. Among the bills approved by the governor were various occupancy taxes for Westchester County municipalities, which the governor vetoed last year. In his approval message, Cuomo wrote that the Legislature “has agreed …
Four Assemblymen Call On Cuomo To Authorize Municipal Occupancy Fees
Four local lawmakers have written to Gov. Andrew Cuomo reminding him of his promise to sign legislation authorizing the imposition of municipal occupancy fees in certain Westchester and Orange communities. In a letter dated Thursday, Dec. 29, the members of the state Assembly noted that in late 2015, the governor had vetoed a series of hotel occupancy tax bills that would have affected 13 municipalities in Westchester County – Greenburgh, North Castle, Tarrytown, Irvington, Ardsley, Elmsford, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Sleepy Hollow, Tuckahoe, Mamaroneck, Harrison and Port Chester – and one in Orange County, Woodbury.
Tuckahoe Among Villages Awaiting Governor’s Signature On Hotel-Motel Tax
… passed in June. The 3 percent “bed tax” awaits Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s approval by Dec. 31, or will expire. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — For a second straight year, state lawmakers and elected officials from 15 communities are lobbying Gov. Andrew Cuomo …
Abinanti Calls On Gov. Cuomo To Sign Hotel/Motel Bed Tax Into Law
… passed in June. The 3 percent “bed tax” awaits Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s approval by Dec. 31, or will expire. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — For a second straight year, state lawmakers and elected officials from 15 communities are lobbying Gov. Andrew Cuomo …
DEC Proposes Guidance Document Relating to Living Shorelines
… much of the salt water shoreline, bays, inlets, canals, and estuaries of Long Island, New York City, and Westchester County. These wetlands also line the Hudson River in Westchester and Rockland counties upstream of the salt line. The guidance …
‘Far Too Early’ For Talk Of Possible 2018 Gubernatorial Run, Molinaro Says
Though he’s being discussed as a possible Republican candidate in the next gubernatorial race, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro said it’s too soon to speak about his future plans, according to The Daily Freeman. Asked recently about the 2018 race for New York’s governor, outgoing U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, mentioned Molinaro along with Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino while discussing strong Republican candidates the party may run against incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo, according to the Freeman.
Minumum wage going up to $10 an hour on Long Island
… for employees of small businesses. Their wage will increase to $10.50 an hour. On Long Island and in Westchester County, the minimum wage will go to $10 an hour, and elsewhere in the state it will go to $9.70. Within New York City the wage will rise …
Minimum wage going up in New York state
… for employees of small businesses. Their wage will increase to $10.50 an hour. On Long Island and in Westchester County, the minimum wage will go to $10 an hour, and elsewhere in the state it will go to $9.70. The regionalized, phased-in increases …
Tappan Zee, a critical link in Northeast, hits milestone
… across the Tappan Zee as soon as the summer of 2017, but only onto one of the two separate spans linking Westchester County and Rockland County, according to Thruway Authority spokesman Khurram Saeed. It will be at least another year before it’s …
Tappan Zee, a critical link in Northeast, hits milestone
… across the Tappan Zee as soon as the summer of 2017, but only onto one of the two separate spans linking Westchester County and Rockland County, according to Thruway Authority spokesman Khurram Saeed. It will be at least another year before it’s …
Tappan Zee, a critical link in Northeast, hits milestone
… across the Tappan Zee as soon as the summer of 2017, but only onto one of the two separate spans linking Westchester County and Rockland County, according to Thruway Authority spokesman Khurram Saeed. It will be at least another year before it’s …
Cuomo, Ex-HUD Head, Urges Carson to Adopt HIs ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy on Fair Housing
… resigned amid a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe. As the deadline on the 2009 consent decree with Westchester County on its housing issues is just a week away-which has been plaguing the area for years-Cuomo, a resident of the affluent suburban …
Indigent legal services bill hits Cuomoa s desk
… to a terrorist threat. That bill is a response to an attempted hack of the computer-guided controls of a Westchester County dam by Iranian hackers. Still not yet handed up is the NYRA privatization bill , which would transfer the control of the New …
Indigent legal services bill hits Cuomoa s desk
… to a terrorist threat. That bill is a response to an attempted hack of the computer-guided controls of a Westchester County dam by Iranian hackers. Still not yet handed up is the NYRA privatization bill , which would transfer the control of the New …
Officials celebrate new Tappan Zee Bridge milestone
Elected officials announced on Tuesday that the eighth and last of the main span towers on the $3.9 billion Tappan Zee Bridge project has been installed. The officials, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, spoke for the first time from the deck of the new span to celebrate the major milestone.
Cuomo Generating Backup Power Plan for New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that 258 gas stations in the downstate New York area are already in the process of installing backup power capacity since he recently signed a law establishing what he called the “strongest protections in the nation” to ensure that critical gas stations have backup power capacity, making it possible to avoid long lines and restore normalcy as quickly as possible after a major storm or other disaster. The governor on Oct. 29 visited a Hess station in Port Jefferson on Long Island that was one of the first built with backup power capacity in compliance with the state’s new requirements.
Cuomo Generating Backup Power Plan for New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that 258 gas stations in the downstate New York area are already in the process of installing backup power capacity since he recently signed a law establishing what he called the “strongest protections in the nation” to ensure that critical gas stations have backup power capacity, making it possible to avoid long lines and restore normalcy as quickly as possible after a major storm or other disaster. The governor on Oct. 29 visited a Hess station in Port Jefferson on Long Island that was one of the first built with backup power capacity in compliance with the state’s new requirements.