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The Cost of Health Insurance in NYS
by Scott Miller
Senator Seward and esteemed members of the Insurance Committee, thank you for providing this forum to discuss the various forces that are driving up the cost of health insurance. My name is Scott Miller and I am the owner and president of Miller Printing & Litho in […]

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New York’s property taxes are too high.
New York’s property taxes are too high. Albany and localities are both to blame
by Robert B. Ward,
Almost everyone knows by now that New York’s taxes are too high. Where, exactly?
One major problem, certainly, is our heavy property-tax burden. The latest Census figures show property taxes in New York […]

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Cahill urges override of governor’s early retirement vetoy
Albany – Assemblyman Kevin Cahill of Kingston has asked Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to reconvene the house to override Governor Pataki’s veto of the legislature’s state workforce reduction plan.
Last month the governor vetoed legislation that would have allowed public employees to retire with no penalties if they have […]

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