Not exact matches
Currently, Flanagan and de Blasio are at odds on a new proposal from the mayor's office that would
increase taxes on upper
income earners in order to bolster the New York
City subway system.
Upstate
cities do not have the ability to
increase income taxes, they rely mainly on a dwindling property
tax base.
ALBANY — After a two - hour debate that touched on climate change and several anti-Semitic incidents at the
City University of New York, Republicans in the state Senate endorsed a one - house budget resolution that shifts costs to New York
City,
increases aid for public schools and cuts
taxes for middle -
income New Yorkers.
On topic questions included whether the administration plans to
increase low -
income affordable housing production, what actions are required for the administration to count a unit of housing as «preserved», whether housing built with 421 (a)
tax credits anywhere in the
City should require affordable units, how the de Blasio administration counts housing underway at the end of the Bloomberg administration toward its goal, what was done in this housing complex to «preserve» these units, whether units counted as «preserved» are always on a 30 year agreement, the annual average of 20,000 units created or preserved as set forth in the mayor's ten year goal of 200,000 such units and how money was spent on the 17,000 units created or preserved in 2014.
The Mayor's proposal is straightforward:
increase the
income tax on people who can most easily bear it, and who benefit from the
city's having a functioning public transit system whether or not they use it themselves.
The groups point to a 30 percent
increase in high -
income tax filers in New York
City and a 10 percent jump in in the number of high - net - worth households in 2009, the same year the current surcharge on those making $ 250,000 or more took effect.
Paying off the interest and principal from the borrowing would come from a 10 - cent
increase in the state's gas
tax, half of a percent
increase in the
income tax rate for those who earn between $ 500,000 and $ 2 million and a $ 60 million contribution from New York
City in the first year, with an extra $ 60 million added every year to the fifth year, capped at $ 300 million.
This year, the issues faces lawmakers and Cuomo have been especially complex: Congestion pricing for New York
City, a $ 4.4 billion shortfall that's being plugged with the help of slowed spending and
tax and fee
increases and the possible adoption of a payroll
tax to either replace or supplant the personal
income tax.
All told, the sources said, the emerging budget deal would likely provide a total package close to what Mayor de Blasio has been seeking — though without the
increase in the
city income tax the mayor had been seeking to fund the expansion.
But the budget was also notable for what was not included — mainly, the
City Council Fair Fares plan, which would provide reduce priced MetroCards for low -
income New Yorkers, a $ 400 million property
tax rebate and an
increase in the general reserve fund.
During his fifth State of the
City address, the mayor said his administration would «redouble» its efforts to
increase the
income tax rate for individuals who earn more than $ 500,000 a year and for couples who make more than $ 1 million.
In interviews with over a dozen state committee members, Capital heard common frustration with Cuomo's fiscal record — he blocked an
income tax hike on wealthy
city residents, cut corporate
taxes, reduced school aid in 2011 (and slowly dialed it back up), reduced pensions for newly hired public workers and pushed for a cap on local property
tax increases.
The
city estimated only modest
increases in
tax revenue, because of lower revenue from
income taxes and real estate sales
taxes, offset by a rise in property
tax receipts.
He continued to assert that the best way to fund it was through a small
income tax increase on
city residents earning more than $ 500,000 per year.
In total, the
city has raised its revenue forecasts by $ 5.1 billion through FY 2017, largely because real estate values and sales activity are
increasing faster than had been expected and personal
income tax collections have been strong.
De Blasio is calling for an
income tax increase on New Yorkers earning $ 500,000 or more to fund universal Pre-K, as well as provide quality after - school programs for middle school students across the
city.
Personal
income tax is forecast by the
city to
increase 11.1 percent this year and another 7.3 percent next year.
De Blasio promised to fund universal pre-K in New York
City with a
tax hike of about 0.5 percentage points on
incomes of over half a million dollars each year, but hasn't been able to push that through the legislature in Albany (which must sign off on all NYC
tax increases).
A federal district judge can order
increases in property
taxes, but not
income taxes, to fund costly school - desegregation remedies in Kansas
City, Mo., an appellate panel has ruled.
Air pressure changes, allergies
increase, Alps melting, anxiety, aggressive polar bears, algal blooms, Asthma, avalanches, billions of deaths, blackbirds stop singing, blizzards, blue mussels return, boredom, budget
increases, building season extension, bushfires, business opportunities, business risks, butterflies move north, cannibalistic polar bears, cardiac arrest, Cholera, civil unrest, cloud
increase, cloud stripping, methane emissions from plants, cold spells (Australia), computer models, conferences, coral bleaching, coral reefs grow, coral reefs shrink, cold spells, crumbling roads, buildings and sewage systems, damages equivalent to $ 200 billion, Dengue hemorrhagic fever, dermatitis, desert advance, desert life threatened, desert retreat, destruction of the environment, diarrhoea, disappearance of coastal
cities, disaster for wine industry (US), Dolomites collapse, drought, drowning people, drowning polar bears, ducks and geese decline, dust bowl in the corn belt, early spring, earlier pollen season, earthquakes, Earth light dimming, Earth slowing down, Earth spinning out of control, Earth wobbling, El Nià ± o intensification, erosion, emerging infections, encephalitis,, Everest shrinking, evolution accelerating, expansion of university climate groups, extinctions (ladybirds, pandas, pikas, polar bears, gorillas, whales, frogs, toads, turtles, orang - utan, elephants, tigers, plants, salmon, trout, wild flowers, woodlice, penguins, a million species, half of all animal and plant species), experts muzzled, extreme changes to California, famine, farmers go under, figurehead sacked, fish catches drop, fish catches rise, fish stocks decline, five million illnesses, floods, Florida economic decline, food poisoning, footpath erosion, forest decline, forest expansion, frosts, fungi invasion, Garden of Eden wilts, glacial retreat, glacial growth, global cooling, glowing clouds, Gore omnipresence, Great Lakes drop, greening of the North, Gulf Stream failure, Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, harvest
increase, harvest shrinkage, hay fever epidemic, heat waves, hibernation ends too soon, hibernation ends too late, human fertility reduced, human health improvement, hurricanes, hydropower problems, hyperthermia deaths, ice sheet growth, ice sheet shrinkage, inclement weather, Inuit displacement, insurance premium rises, invasion of midges, islands sinking, itchier poison ivy, jellyfish explosion, Kew Gardens
taxed, krill decline, landslides, landslides of ice at 140 mph, lawsuits
increase, lawyers»
income increased (surprise surprise!)
Professional Experience CMG Worldwide Inc. (
City, ST) 5/2008 — Present Finance Manager • Oversaw finances of intellectual property law firm generating $ 6 - $ 12 million in annual revenue • Hired, trained, supervised, and reviewed junior accounting associates and support staff • Authored and implemented corporate and departmental budgets • Analyzed expenses and recommended strategies to cut costs while
increasing efficiency • Tracked and managed expenditures of approximately $ 100,000 per week • Verified accuracy of all expenses and revenues ensuring precise financial records • Prepared
income statements, balance sheets, and monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reports • Assisted senior leadership and outside personnel with the annual corporate audit • Operated and maintained the computerized accounting system and all hard files • Monitored and documented employee expense accounts, credit cards, and purchase orders • Managed general ledger and various credit, checking, stock, and other corporate accounts • Created monthly clientele reports detailing expenses and revenues from each account • Proficient in Microsoft Money, Quicken, QuickBooks,
Tax Cut, Turbo
Tax, and other software