One of the victims of the recent flooding in the Southern Tier is a company by the name of Synergy Solutions. Synergy recently announced that it is shutting its doors in Johnson City due to significant damage from Tropical Storm Lee. Synergy provides call center services for health care and business organizations and needs to [...]
With NYS facing a $9B+ deficit coming into 2011, it is time for the re-elected and newly elected members of the Senate and Assembly must heed the comptroller’s recommendation and lower spending, reduce taxes and fees, and stimulate private sector jobs.
As I sit here and think about tomorrow and the opportunity we have to get New York back on the right track, I am enthusiastic. Why? Because for the first time people are getting educated about each and every elected official and they are willing to vote.
Voting in tomorrow’s primary? It is your responsibility to do so. Every vote counts in the fight to take back our state of New York.
Standing in the corner to my left, at not even one full term, we have Governor David Paterson. To my right, standing at 212 members strong (or so they say), we have the New York State legislature. We’re in the 16th round (although there’s only 12 in professional boxing, that’s how many WEEKS late the [...]
I love road trips and I always have. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized that I would prefer to travel alone. I don’t like making too many stops, I like to listen to my own music and I do not want to hear that age old question, “Are we there yet?” But that’s how it’s [...]
NYS taxpayers are not the only ones missing the buck. Our legislators paychecks are being withheld until some decisions are made. The budget maybe?
During crunch time, we put our hopes in the leader to pull out a win – the best athlete on the team, the quickest mind in the office, the most determined member of the family.
Well it’s crunch time for the New York state budget, but unfortunately, we’re not seeing any hero emerging to resolve this [...]
Upstate NY already suffers from high energy costs. A new bill that has passed in the Senate and now faces the Assembly could raise them even more, and further devastate the Upstate NY population.
Assemblyman Canestrari stated that he thought a budget wouldn’t get done until June at the earliest, saying he thought the Assembly, Senate and the Governor are too far apart – not only on spending cuts but also on increased taxes/fees and borrowing. That means we’ll see another series of budget extenders next week so that our government can continue to function. But will it?
