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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is pitching state lawmakers on a smaller corporate tax increase that his aides hope could stand a better chance in Albany, alongside new proposals to tax expensive homes and to shrink a tax credit for pass-through business owners.
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Early Wednesday morning, 60-year-old Manuela “Mannie” Morgado was found dead in her unit at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in an apparent suicide, according to people incarcerated with her and local advocates.
Pamela Smart, incarcerated with Morgado, said she watched in disbelief as staff attempted to resuscitate her longtime friend. “I watched...
A New York state lawmaker wants to accelerate the state’s transition to a more flexible electric grid.
Assemblymember Anna Kelles, of Ithaca, introduced legislation last week that would require the state’s major electric utilities to create “
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will appoint Kenny Minaya, a lawyer and longtime city official, as commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services on Monday, New York Focus has learned.
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