Democrats in New York killed a proposal for tuition assistance for children of veterans killed in battle and instead approved a bill to give illegals free tuition. The New York Republican Party slammed the Democrats on Twitter saying, “Democrats just rejected tuition assistance for Gold Star families but approved it for illegal immigrants. Would these Democrats dare to look into the eyes of the children of fallen servicemen and women and say they matter less than those here illegally?”Empire State Democrats quashed a bill on Tuesday that would have provided free tuition for Gold Star families that had lost a child killed in the line of duty in service to the country. “The Assembly’s Higher Education Committee voted 15 to 11 to hold the bipartisan bill, effectively ending its chances of making it to a floor vote this session,” according to Syracuse.com. But the move comes only a week after the same legislature passed a $175 billion state budget that … [Read more...] about New York Democrats Kill Bill for Tuition for Gold Star Families, Pass Tuition for Illegals Instead
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New York Democrats say new effort is needed for Trump’s state tax returns after White House “stonewalling”
Citing the White House's "stonewalling" of a request by Congressional Democrats to obtain President Trump's tax returns, Democratic lawmakers in New York's state legislature are spearheading a new effort to try to release the president's state tax information to Congress. "Here you have a president who is stonewalling the U.S. Congress, a co-equal branch of government undertaking its important oversight responsibilities," New York state senator Brad Hoylman told CBSN Thursday. "Lo and behold, we have Donald Trump's tax returns here in the state of New York and we can provide them to Congress if the IRS, if the Treasury Department won't." Hoylman, who represents a Manhattan district, introduced legislation that would allow the New York Department of Taxation and Finance to send Congress state tax returns requested by three Congressional committees for a "specific and legitimate legislative purpose." He said Mr. Trump's tax returns in New York will have some of the same … [Read more...] about New York Democrats say new effort is needed for Trump’s state tax returns after White House “stonewalling”
New York Democrats launch fresh bid to dig up Trump’s tax returns
close Video Trump 2020 campaign: Voters want the president's agenda, not his tax returns 'Democrats are going to lose this fight,' campaign national press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tells 'America's Newsroom.' New York state Democrats launched a new effort Monday to pave the way for the release of President Trump’s state tax returns – a move New York’s GOP chairman called “ludicrous,” “partisan” and illegal. Under New York tax law, it is illegal to share someone’s state tax return information. DEMS RAMP UP ANTI-TRUMP PROBES But on Monday, state Sen. Brad Hoylman introduced S5072, which would amend the law and require the commissioner of taxation and finance “to cooperate with investigations by certain committees of the United States Congress under certain circumstances” – a bid to let the state share tax return information, specifically Trump’s, with congressional committees that request it. … [Read more...] about New York Democrats launch fresh bid to dig up Trump’s tax returns
New York Democrats Attempt to Force Release of Donald Trump’s Tax Returns
Democrat lawmakers in New York are set to file a bill that would force the release of President Donald Trump’s tax returns. The bill would allow the commissioner of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance to release any state tax returns filed by the president if requested by any congressional committee, the Hill reported.Bill sponsor Democrat State Sen. Brad Hoylman maintains that the returns may be released for a “specific and legitimate legislative purpose.” Hoylman adds that the bill is an attempt to get ahead of any White House effort to block Congress from having access to the president’s tax returns. Empire State laws currently prohibit the release of any individual’s tax returns, but the new bill would amend the laws as a weapon to go after Trump. To assuage legislators who fear such a law would violate the state’s responsibility to protect its citizens’ privacy, Hoylman attempted to narrow the bill by adding that tax … [Read more...] about New York Democrats Attempt to Force Release of Donald Trump’s Tax Returns
Gubernatorial election results magnify New York’s urban-rural divide
Keith Fioretti may have spoken for the vast majority of Wyoming County voters a few days ago when he explained his vote in last month’s election for governor. It wasn’t so much enthusiasm for Republican Marc Molinaro, he said, as his disgust with Democratic Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. And he hears it daily from the corrections officers at nearby Attica and Wyoming prisons who drop by the 110-year-old Varysburg Hotel he’s owned since 2002. “Bar talk is sometimes cheap, but from what I hear, their ‘commander in chief’ seems to be siding with the criminals,” Fioretti said, citing Cuomo's pardon of a cop killer this year in explaining why Wyoming County recorded New York’s strongest Molinaro vote on Nov. 6: 74 percent. But the sharp rural-urban divide reflected in the election assumes a different tone in Buffalo, a major source of votes flowing into Cuomo’s column. Attorney John P. Feroleto was thumbing through research books … [Read more...] about Gubernatorial election results magnify New York’s urban-rural divide