New York State http://www.rotterdamny.net/ http://www.eblah.com en Cuomo recuses self in Paterson probe http://www.rotterdamny.net/m-1268344170/ http://www.rotterdamny.net/m-1268344170/#num1
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A.G. Cuomo recuses self in Paterson probe

Posted: March 11, 2010 04:06 PM

Updated: March 11, 2010 04:06 PM

By MICHAEL GORMLEY
Associated Press Writer

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has recused himself in the investigation of whether Gov. David Paterson interfered with a domestic violence case involving a top aide.

Former Chief Judge Judith Kaye will also probe whether the governor lied about his intentions to pay for World Series tickets.


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The police need job secrueity. They will be raiding food joints now! How funny. Of course the police chose to be hand in hand with these totalitarians. How sad for them...suck suck suck...Wow, talk about schucking and jiving your cred for a few acres of swamp. I smell stretched necks at the polls for the democrat hind-lickers next go round. Along with their few GOP minions.]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:19:52 GrahamBonnet Jobs Bill Will Give NYS $3 Billion http://www.rotterdamny.net/m-1268139042/ http://www.rotterdamny.net/m-1268139042/#num1
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Jobs bill to give N.Y. $3B
BY VALERIE BAUMAN The Associated Press

    ALBANY — A federal jobs bill expected to pass this week in Washington is expected to bring $2.3 billion in budget aid to New York state, and another $700 million to help counties and New York City.
    Sen. Chuck Schumer said Monday the aid could help the state and counties to avoid cuts in spending, layoffs, or increased taxes.
    The assistance will extend a boost in federal Medicaid reimbursements originally passed as part of the federal stimulus. Schumer said Monday the bill would send New York an estimated $2.3 billion over the first six months of 2011, with upstate New York and Long Island counties in line to receive an additional $200 million and New York City getting $500 million.
    The state budget due April 1 includes a deficit projected at more than $8 billion. The current budget totals about $130 billion.

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NEW YORK STATE
Governments seek cash by targeting tax cheaters
State, federal audits have both been increasing
BY SARA FOSS Gazette Reporter

    With revenues declining and budgets tight, both the state and federal governments are making a greater effort to find and prosecute tax cheats.
    The increased interest in enforcement and auditing predates the recession but has taken on greater urgency as governments look for ways to drum up cash.
    The state and federal governments are both targeting wealthier individuals, although the overall audit rate for all taxpayers has risen.
    Over the past few years, the number of active audit cases in New York has increased from around 700,000 per year to 1.2 million per year, according to the state Department of Taxation and Finance. This inventory consists of cases that are open for several years and others that are opened and closed within the same year.
    As the Department of Taxation and Finance’s audit caseload has risen, so has the number of cases that are successfully closed each year. Over the last four years, the agency has gone from closing approximately 550,000 cases per year to 967,028 in 2008-09. This year the agency expects to close more than 1 million.
    The department’s Office of Tax Enforce- ment, which includes audit, collections and criminal enforcements, has also grown, from 2,438 employees in 2006 to 3,029 employees this year.
    In the summer of 2007, the department published a strategic plan laying out goals and priorities.
    “We recognized that New York was really losing a lot of money in the tax gap — the gap between what is paid and what is owed,” said Bill Comiskey, deputy commissioner of tax enforcement for the state Department of Taxation and Finance. “There’s money that people don’t pay because they don’t realize it’s owed, but there’s also an unacceptable level of non-compliance.” ..............>>>>............>>>>...................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00102&AppName=1
]]> Sun, 7 Mar 2010 06:48:45 Admin Rep. Massa (D) Resigns - Harassment Charges http://www.rotterdamny.net/m-1267883518/ http://www.rotterdamny.net/m-1267883518/#num1
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Sexual harassment complaint drives congressman out
BY LAURIE KELLMAN The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — New York Democratic Rep. Eric Massa, facing a harassment complaint by a male staffer, said Friday that he is stepping down from his seat with “a profound sense of failure.”
    “I am guilty,” Massa said in an interview with a Corning, Steuben County, newspaper columnist.
    Later in the day, Massa released a statement saying that after discovering he had a recurrence of cancer, he learned he was the subject of an ethics complaint by a male staffer who felt “uncomfortable” during an exchange with Massa. The exchange reportedly had sexual overtones.
    “I will resign my position,” Massa said in the statement.
    “There is no doubt in my mind that I did in fact, use language in the privacy of my own home and in my inner office that, after 24 years in the Navy, might make a chief petty officer feel uncomfortable,” Massa added. “In fact, there is no doubt that this ethics issue is my fault and mine alone.”
    Earlier Friday, a visibly upset Massa said he didn’t want to put his family through an ethics committee investigation.
    “It would tear us apart,” Massa said, according to Joe Dunning, a columnist for The Leader newspaper. “It’s not that I can fight or beat these allegations, I’m guilty.” The resignation takes effect Monday. The allegations pushed a relatively unknown freshman into the national spotlight in a way no lawmaker would wish.................>>>>..............>>>>.......................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01503&AppName=1
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