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Brown has been offering ‘street thugs’ city jobs in exchange for online harassment of critics
Mayor Byron W. Brown and his associates have been promising city jobs to “goons and street thugs” in exchange for doggedly harassing critics on social media platforms, a source familiar with the…
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AG James is urging FDA to accelerate actions to protect children from toxic metals in baby food
New York Attorney General Letitia James, leading a coalition of 23 attorneys general, today petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect the health and well-being of babies across the United States…
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Syracuse mayor proposes pandemic relief investments in parks, public safety, and digital infrastructure
Mayor Walsh is proposing $1.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to invest in parks facilities, police body-worn camera updates and digital infrastructure. Walsh’s latest pandemic relief proposals, the sixth…
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Rochester seeking applicants for nuisance advisory board
The City of Rochester is seeking volunteers to fill open seats on the Nuisance Advisory Board (NAB), which helps support residential and commercial vitality in city neighborhoods. The nine-member board meets monthly…
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No, eliminating the SALT cap will not reduce charitable giving
By Stan Veuger and Kyle Pomerleau Over at The Hill, our domestic policy studies colleague Howard Husock recently argued that repealing the $10,000 cap on the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes…
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All hands on deck: Neurodiversity and the future of work
BY BRENT ORRELL In the context of today’s post-pandemic labor shortage and jobs reshuffling, our economy needs all hands on deck. At the end of August, the number of job openings was 10.4 million. Even if…
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Five Questions: Arthur Turrell on fusion energy
By James Pethokoukis and Arthur Turrell Fusion energy has been the promise of physicists for decades, but is it finally arriving? As we face a warming climate and increasing energy needs, fusion…
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Is the spike in federal revenue permanent?
By Kyle Pomerleau The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently published its monthly budget review for September, now estimating a spike in federal tax receipts for the 2021 fiscal year. According to CBO, individual income…
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For private digital currency, insist on openness
By Jim Harper Last week, the Digital Dollar Project (DDP) highlighted the challenges involved in producing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) that will preserve important values such as privacy. Every CBDC effort we…
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Betty Jean Grant calls Byron Brown’s attack on India Walton vicious, slanderous, and misogynistic
Betty Jean Grant — the widely respected civic leader and former County Legislator whom many refer to as the ‘shadow chairperson’ of the Erie County Democratic Party — is calling Mayor Byron…
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Mascia: “Byron Brown has secretly accepted the Republican endorsement for Mayor”
According to former City Housing Commissioner Joe Mascia, the embattled Mayor Byron Brown — who lost his own party’s nomination to Democrat India Walton earlier this year — has been “secretly endorsed”…
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Hochul: “Bay Ridge should have its waterfront back”
Governor Kathy Hochul wants New York City to more aggressively reclaim its waterfront for public park space — and she thinks that the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn is precisely the place…
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Kathy Hochul is open to making Staten Island a stand-alone municipality
While it’s not a pressing issue to her personally, sources say that incoming Governor Kathy Hochul is open to state legislation that would make Staten Island a stand-alone municipality. That would allow…
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Hochul plans to invest heavily in the MTA; will prioritize ‘TriboroRx’ over Second Avenue subway
Incoming Governor Kathy Hochul plans to invest heavily in the Metropolitan Transit Authority, including billions to modernize aging track and signal systems, to purchase new trains, to construct new subway and elevated…
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The White House’s $65 billion broadband subsidies lack accountability
By Mark Jamison The White House has announced what it calls a historic bipartisan infrastructure deal that would cost about $1.2 trillion. About 27 percent of the money goes to what is generally thought of…
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Infrastructure bill action could doom US cryptocurrency industry
By Jim Harper “CONGRESS IS SO BROKEN,” shouted Caitlin Long, founder and CEO at the Avanti Financial Group. Having spent two decades on Wall Street in stints at Solomon Brothers, Credit Suisse, and Morgan…
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Empire Center recognized for exposing nursing home coverup
In recognition of the importance of government transparency, the Empire Center has been selected as a finalist for the 2021 Bob Williams Award for Most Influential Research for its role in exposing the coverup…
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Zellner shifts focus beyond local races in anticipation of Hochul’s gubernatorial bid
Erie County Democratic Party Chairman Jeremy Zellner is said to have shifted his focus beyond local races — just weeks after his endorsed candidates for Erie County Sheriff and Mayor of Buffalo…
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Kriner Cash may use extra $75 million in state education funding for ECC’s downtown campus
Superintendent Kriner Cash may use the surplus $75 million in state education funding this year to expand Erie Community College’s downtown campus — which would enhance the Buffalo Public School system’s ability…
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DA Flynn concerned about pending parole reform legislation
Today, Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn voiced his concerns about proposed criminal justice reform legislation that would drastically change parole requirements and allow eligible incarcerated individuals to be released early…
