Sentences with phrase «suburban counties»

It does not appear, based on press reports, that previously - discussed plans to reduce the payroll tax in suburban counties made it into the package.

That issue has been linked to the continuation of upstate and suburban county sales tax provisions.

Teachers in one suburban county completed the scale for their students during 2 consecutive years.

The report found the remaining jobs gains made since 2009 were largely seen in the immediate metropolitan suburban counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland and Orange.

The Republicans lost two key suburban county executive races in Nassau and Westchester counties as well as a number of other races, including for the first time in a century the Hempstead town supervisor position.

Meanwhile, there's not enough demand for higher - density zoning to make the horse trade worthwhile, especially since there are good building sites in suburban counties outside Atlanta.

The next political leaders of New York City, smaller cities upstate, and even large suburban counties like Nassau County, will all face a big test once they take office; how to solve mounting fiscal difficulties.

In the remarks, Cuomo touted his own recent legislative successes, such as increasing the state's minimum wage to $ 15 in New York City and the surrounding suburban counties as well as his 2011 push for the legalization of same - sex marriage.

Ultimately, the state budget approved a measure to increase the floor wage to $ 15 in New York City and the surrounding suburban counties over different time tables.

Nassau and Suffolk are in competition with other suburban counties for residents, said Jonathan Miller, CEO of the Manhattan - based appraisal company Miller Samuel.

Upstate cities, as well as suburban counties, face severe fiscal stress that have only been deepened in the wake of the financial crisis and slow - growth recovery following the official end of the economic recession.

Congestion pricing or bridge tolls would only raise a fraction of the revenue from the full payroll tax, but would probably provide more than enough to offset the loss of payroll tax revenue from suburban counties.

Upstate New York has some of the highest property tax rates in the country, while suburban counties north of New York City have some of the highest property tax bills.

Cuomo, of course, is expected to campaign heavily in Westchester and on Long Island, key suburban counties in nearly every statewide election.

A. 1443 would also reduce the rate imposed on suburban counties by 50 percent in 2014.

Both Governor Cuomo and the Assembly have proposed measures to raise New York State's minimum wage, including a higher minimum wage level for New York City in the Governor's bill, or, in the case of the Assembly bill, for New York City and the large downstate suburban counties (those with populations in excess of 900,000, i.e., Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties).

The fierce lobbying battle in Albany that led to expansion of ride - sharing services such as Uber and Lyft statewide has now moved to Long Island and Westchester County, where taxi interests hope to persuade suburban counties to opt out of the app - based transportation.

Fifty - nine percent of residents in Nassau, Suffolk and other suburban counties gave schools in their communities grades of either A or B, compared with 37 percent of New York City residents.

Astorino is seeking a third term and is considering a second run for governor, making the county executive race in the northern suburban county a race with potential statewide implications in an off - year election cycle.

In the metropolitan suburban counties, the wage will grow to $ 11 and all other counties it will increase to $ 10.40.

Most of that money was spent on officials in suburban counties near NYC.

The actual median income of many New York City neighborhoods, like East New York and East Harlem, is significantly lower than the figure that includes suburban counties.

While Nassau is the largest focus of the lobbying fight between ride - hailing and taxi companies, other suburban counties also are considering the opt - out issue.

Any political science student in NY can tell you that upstate candidates simply can't get elected to high office in NY — every senator and governor for the past 40 years have come from NYC or its immediate suburban counties.

In the ad, Killian adds she would fight corruption and seek to make the high - tax suburban county more affordable.

Cuomo, who campaigned with Bramson last weekend, would need the state's suburban counties next year if he wants a landslide victory.

Former Nassau County executive and Glen Cove mayor Tom Suozzi is probably best known for turning around a near - bankrupt suburban county government.

The Big Kahuna of Nassau, one of the largest and wealthiest and most prestigious suburban counties in the nation.

Astorino is fresh off a re-election victory in the populous suburban county and is considered by Republicans to be one of their best candidates to take on the popular Democratic governor this year.

He's not up for re-election until 2017, where he would face voters for a third term in an increasing Democratic county (Winning in the deep blue suburban county is a selling point Astorino used for his statewide appeal: He defeated incumbent Andy Spano in 2009 and later beat New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson in 2013).

The only suburban counties where there was no evidence of a wave were Orange and Rockland, where Democrats» share of the vote decreased relative to 2013 in three of four countywide races.

If Schneidie is the Dem nominee, Donovan will win the lower suburban counties and upstate big and defeat Schneidie.

Under the latest proposal, sources say New York City would see a $ 15 wage after three years, the neighboring suburban counties, including those on Long Island and Westchester, would see $ 15 after four years and upstate New York would get an increase to $ 13 or another number less than 15.

He also did 9 points better than McAuliffe in two Richmond - area suburban counties, Henrico and Chesterfield.

Astorino has been enthusiastically talked up by Republican Chairman Ed Cox as a potential Cuomo opponent, noting that he's won twice in a Democratic - dominated suburban county.

Still, it's a potential game - changer for Bramson, whose victory would allow New York Democrats to regain a foothold in the vote - rich suburban county.

During the Democratic primary, Sanders pushed for the $ 15 federal wage and New York approved an incremental phase - in of the wage to $ 15 in New York City and in the Metropolitan suburban counties.

For the nearby suburban counties (Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester), it was $ 7.9 billion more in taxes than came back in spending, a new Rockefeller Institute study finds.....»

But a key argument of his from 2014 campaign — winning 2 - to - 1 in the Democratic heavy suburban county — is now hobbled by his being unseated in a race in which President Donald Trump proved to be an albatross.

Fees from trips originating in suburban counties serviced by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs subways buses and commuter trains in greater New York City, would be directed to its operations.

While district reform collapsed, and claimed the court case on the never - implemented voucher program as collateral, charter parents will ensure that school choice carries on in this Colorado suburban county.

Here, in a largely suburban county thousands of miles removed from the national stage of Washington, D.C., the futures of tens of thousands of students across America may well be decided.

They won a key suburban county executive race in Westchester and appear poised to win in Nassau County as well.

The ride hailing provision approved in the state budget expands services to upstate and suburban counties outside of New York City.

«We have worked hard over the last eight years to shrink the size of government, provide the services our people need and stay one of the safest large suburban counties,» said Eric Naughton, Mangano's finance deputy.

Clinton, after all, outpaced Trump in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburban counties by a greater than 2 - to - 1 margin, even as voter turnout dropped in the strongly Democratic city itself.

Assembly Democrats backed a plan that would provide a larger increase, plus expanding it to include downstate suburban counties.

ALBANY — The fierce lobbying battle in Albany that led to expansion of ride - sharing services such as Uber and Lyft statewide has now moved to Long Island and Westchester County, where taxi interests hope to persuade suburban counties to opt out of the app - based transportation.

Fifty - nine percent of residents in Nassau, Suffolk and other suburban counties gave schools in their communities grades of either A or B, compared with 37 percent of New York City residents.