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Post by Prosay on Jan 16, 2018 15:12:58 GMT -5
BOOM: CUOMO BUDGET IS $ 168 BILLION (AP - KLEPPER)... POLITICO: LADEN WITH NON-FISCAL ITEMS HE HOPES TO WEDGE THROUGH... ...ASSEMBLYMAN HECKLES... CUOMO BUDGET: INCREASES EDUCATION SPENDING BY $769 MILLION (CBS)... CUOMO BUDGET: INCLUDES NEW YORK CITY TOLLS (CBS)... CUOMO BUDGET: RAISE TAXES ON HEALTH INSURERS (BUFFALO NEWS - PRECIOUS)... CUOMO BUDGET: RAISING $1 BILLION IN 'REVENUE ACTIONS' (BUFFALO NEWS - PRECIOUS)... Links to above stories are here... empirereportnewyork.com/ |
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Post by Prosay on Jan 16, 2018 15:16:27 GMT -5
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is vowing to fight back against Washington Republicans with a state budget proposal that lays out spending on schools and mass transit while also confronting greater uncertainty in federal funding. Cuomo unveiled his $168 billion spending proposal on Tuesday. Lawmakers hope to approve a final budget by the April 1 deadline. The governor’s 2019 budget proposal holds most spending flat in order to eliminate a $4.4 billion deficit. It increases education spending by $769 million and sets aside $254 million for emergency work on New York City’s transit system.
The proposal also includes congestion pricing (which has NOT even been discussed by the Legislature yet, and may not pass....Money he doesn't have!!!). For over a decade, the four bridges over the East River connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn and Queens have been the target of mass transit advocates who have yearned to put tolls on them. Governor Cuomo Outlines the FY2019 New York State Budget t.co/1zOLVKMvjv — Andrew Cuomo (@nygovcuomo) January 16, 2018 But Cuomo told CBS2’s Marcia Kramer that the “Fix NYC” panel is “going to be talking about a zone rather than bridges.”
Hanging his hat on his panel of experts, Cuomo’s congestion pricing plan will raise money for mass transit by charging drivers to enter Manhattan’s central business district. Boundaries, fees and exact hours the fees will be charged would be worked out later.“The bridges were a crude instrument,” Cuomo said. “Really what you want to do is keep people out of the highly congested areas at the time of the highest congestion and we now have the capacity to put up tolling machines on any corner, any block.” Kramer asked the governor if the hours could be adjusted so, for example, shift workers or hospital workers could get to work with out paying a fee. “That’s just what this commission has worked on because the variables are infinite,” he said. “You can pick times, you can do discounts, you can do whatever you want with the technology that we now have.” Sources say the plan is also expected to add a hefty surcharge for app-based car services like Uber and Lyft.Mayor Bill de Blasio, who prefers to tax millionaires to fix the subways, refused to comment, Kramer reported. Reaction from New Yorkers was mixed. “That’s horrible because, you know, we’re not making money to begin with and now it’s going to cost more money to come into the city,” said driver Fahim Hannan. “I think it’s a really good idea,” said Upper West Side resident Lesley Weinsberg. “Traffic’s gotten worse and worse and it’s difficult to get around.” More congestion pricing details are expected later this week from the “Fix NYC” panel. Cuomo says he’s also hoping to restructure the state’s tax code to soften the blow of the new federal tax overhaul enacted by Washington Republicans. The overhaul will sharply increase taxes for many New Yorkers. |
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Post by hadenough123 on Jan 16, 2018 15:27:00 GMT -5
No surprise here, It was only a matter of time.
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Post by hapd on Jan 16, 2018 15:54:50 GMT -5
NYPD RANT 1998 to THEE RANT 7/13/2017 16,575 posts and who's counting?
yup-they are running outta ways to steal money from the people that earn it. a sure sign that ny-nj-conn-calif-illinois are becoming desperate. when that happens-it's every man for themselves and some well become meat eaters and others will become the meat.
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Post by Prosay on Jan 18, 2018 17:08:17 GMT -5
MORE money that Cuomo doesn't have for his budget. Totally irresponsible! Clearly, whatever money is in the budget will be re-directed to more pressing issues...like Medicaid, etc....before the ink is dry on it
And let's not be naïve about all this: Cuomo knows, or should know, that deBlasio does NOT have anything even CLOSE to what Cuomo is looking for, so he's essentially "sticking it" to deBlasio.
With that said, can damage to NYC employees be that far behind?
nydailynews.com
Cuomo: NYC should pay 50% for current, future subway fixes
BY Kenneth Lovett
4-5 minutes
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo’s new budget proposal would put the city on the hook for 50% of the funding to address not only the current subway crisis but any future ones.
Language tucked into Cuomo’s budget plan would give the city 60 days after a declared transit emergency to appropriate an identical sum committed by the state to fund “the capital costs of repairs and construction deemed essential to ensure the continued safe and effective operation of such transit facilities.”
Cuomo has been calling on the city to pay for half the funding for an $836 million MTA short-term repair plan, something Mayor de Blasio has fought.
"The Governor runs the transit system and has diverted $456 million from our trains and buses to his own pet projects," said Mayor de Blasio spokesman Eric Phillips. "Rather than force New York City riders and low-income families to pay more...the governor should return the money he diverted and support a tax on millionaires to bring the system into the 21st century."
Cuomo aides continue to argue that the city owns the subway system and should pay its fair share.
“New York City knows full well that there was no diversion of funds considering all of the money went toward MTA capital projects, and that we’ve committed a record $8.4 billion – triple the city’s contribution – to the capital program, which the city is legally obligated to fund,” said Cuomo spokeswoman Dani Lever. “Most importantly, the governor has committed to funding the state’s half of the subway action plan. Rather than invest $2.5 billion into a trolley that will serve 5% of New Yorkers, the mayor should partner with us and show the millions of subway riders he actually cares about them.”
The governor in his budget plan included a passage saying that the city “shall provide in full all funding required to meet the needs of the New York City Transit Authority in such (a capital) plan.”
Some saw the language as a threat that Cuomo could seek to have the city pay for all future subway capital costs in non-emergency situations.
“The executive budget asserts the responsibility for funding New York City subway and bus capital improvements should rest solely with the City of New York, which would require a sevenfold increase in City capital contributions,” said Carol Kellerman, president of the Citizens Budget Commission.
Cuomo aides denied the contention and say they were simply re-stating a long-standing law in putting forth the new language regarding emergency funding.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) deemed the Cuomo plan the “opening round of the negotiations.”
“I'm still confident that in the end, we'll get to a place where the state and the city get together to deal with the MTA,” Heastie said.
Another Cuomo transit proposal would have the MTA capture 75% of the tax revenue generated when the city ups an assessment on properties because of subway service improvements in the area.
Under current law, the city keeps 100% of the tax money generated from the assessment increases. Cuomo aides argue the MTA should get the bulk of the money since the assessments went up because of the projects the agency funded.
But Kellerman said the proposal, along with the language requiring the city to provide full capital funding for the subway and bus systems, “are an attempt to impose an onerous cost shift onto New York City residents and businesses, who already pay an estimated 72% of MTA dedicated taxes and subsidies.”
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twohandspete
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Post by twohandspete on Jan 18, 2018 19:24:43 GMT -5
As long as the MTA is in existence, their will always be theft in the highest order. Its the governor’s way of shaking down the people.
Over spending, misappropriated funds, and downright thievery.
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