New York’s Property Tax Spiral

Property taxes are driving citizens and businesses out of New York The federal tax overhaul exposes the problem by punishing New Yorkers with double taxation by Dan Smith This week Wall Street fund AllianceBernstein announced that it was the latest in a line of finance businesses fleeing New York in order to lower, among other […]

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 Albany Should Be Suspended From Schools

Albany Should Be Suspended from Schools New York state’s centralized education policies are expensive, mandatory, . . . and not working. by Dan Smith Every year, Albany grabs more power over New York’s pre K-12 schools. Every year, costs go up. Every year, student performance remains stagnate or declines. Why must it be this way? […]

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 Should we ban shooting sports in schools?

Should we ban shooting sports in schools? Some legislators in Albany think so. I recently learned of Bill A10428 which would ban archery, rifle and all other shooting sports from New York public schools statewide. Assemblywoman Rosenthall (D-Manhattan) believes this will make children safer by never teaching them anything about shooting sports and will reduce […]

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 Banning natural gas in New York is bad for the state, New England

By: Russ Clark In announcing his candidacy for the New York Governorship, Howie Hawkins mentioned that he would ban all new natural gas pipelines and facilities in New York. Not only is this bad policy for New York, it is bad policy for all of New England. Under the Natural Gas Act, signed into law […]

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