Faso, Weld Seek To Cut Taxation On Gas at Pump - May 2, 2006 - The New York Sun - NY News
ALBANY - As New Yorkers sit in traffic and fume about burning through tanks of $3-a-gallon gasoline, the Republican candidates for governor say they want to suspend the state sales tax at the pump.
A […]

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SCHOOL DISTRICTS AGAIN PLAN TO RAISE SPENDING AT TWICE THE INFLATION RATE, STUDY FINDS
ALBANY, NY — (05/02/2006; 1030)(EIS) — School districts across New York State plan to increase per-pupil spending by twice the rate of inflation, and raise property taxes by more than $900 million, a new “School Tax Watch” study by The Public Policy […]

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Immigration boycott shuts down state Assembly
ALBANY, N.Y. — Dozens of lawmakers joined immigrants and their supporters in a national work boycott Monday, shutting down the state Assembly.
The walkout was part of the Day Without Immigrants, an economic protest intended to demonstrate how important immigrants are to the U.S. work force.
Lawmakers marched out of the […]

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Your Check Isn’t in the Mail, and Your Senator’s Angry - New York Times
ALBANY, April 27 — “Real Tax Relief, Real Results,” trumpeted the taxpayer-financed mailing that State Senator George D. Maziarz, a Republican, sent this month to his constituents in western New York to promote the property tax rebates that the Legislature passed as […]

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