Fighting Back: State’s Anti-Bullying Law Takes Effect On July 1
Jun 12, 2012
Today’s world is very different from the world that many of us grew up in. Young people today spend more time online, in school-sponsored activities, and with their friends than previous generations. However, there is one thing that hasn’t changed,...
McDonough Leads Fight To Reduce Long Islanders’ Tax Bill
May 22, 2012
Spring means a number of changes here in New York. There’s baseball on the diamonds again, the sound of children on the swing sets, and the first pay check that you’ve been able to keep in your wallet. Now, I know that the last one might seem a little...
Solving The Medicaid Puzzle
Feb 14, 2012
2011 was the year the state Legislature was finally able to come together, put politics aside, and pass some of the most taxpayer- and business-friendly legislation in decades. Despite these accomplishments - from the property tax cap, a reduction in...
How Albany Can Get Serious In 2012
Jan 6, 2012
With the gridlock in Washington and a rocky national economy, the New York State Legislature has an opportunity this January to lead by example and take charge to stabilize and grow our local economy and communities. The back-and-forth partisan rhetoric...
Session Ends On A Positive Note For LI Taxpayers
Jun 30, 2011
The 2011 legislative session made several significant advances on the agenda to put New York back on the map. An on-time state budget, strong ethics laws, more affordable power, and a property tax cap are just some of the highlights from a successful,...
Completing Unfinished Business Will Provide A Better Future For Long Island Families
Jun 7, 2011
The legislative session in Albany is drawing to a close and there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done. We have a short period of time to complete the unfinished business that Long Islanders deserve to have resolved so that New York can get...
Albany’s Latest Ignorance And Mismanagement Hits Taxpayers Hardest
May 5, 2011
New York State’s buying power is equivalent to a Fortune 100 company. That’s according to Howard Glaser, the director of state operations who has been charged by Governor Cuomo with eliminating gross inefficiencies in our state government. His recent...
The Budget Forecast: It’s Time Albany Listens To Taxpayers
Mar 3, 2011
Since the beginning of the year, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Assembly Majority have been going back and forth on several key issues important to taxpayers. Speaker Shelly Silver and the majority have tried their best to deflect some of these issues,...
Mandates, Medicaid And MTA: The Budget Report Card
Feb 9, 2011
Over the past week, I have begun an in-depth review of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed 2011-2012 executive budget, a budget that offers some key reductions and other recommendations to cut a projected $10 billion deficit in its 1,000-plus pages. I...
