Blumenthal Wants To Put Commuter Tax Benefit Back On Track
The Connecticut Democrat said Monday he's pushing for Congress to restore the full tax benefit that expired last year, giving all commuters "parity in the tax treatment they receive."
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The Connecticut Democrat said Monday he's pushing for Congress to restore the full tax benefit that expired last year, giving all commuters "parity in the tax treatment they receive."
The campaign manager for Rob Astorino, Andrew Cuomo's Republican challenger in this month's gubernatorial race, told the New York Post that the incumbent Democratic governor reached a political deal with Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos.
The New York Democrat says Sunday that more than $20 million has been spent on tracking health professionals and others arriving from Ebola-stricken countries and treating Dr. Craig Spencer.
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) on Saturday kicked off a campaign urging the creation of a National Women's History Museum.
From halfway around the world on Friday, President Barack Obama upped the ante in the fight for immigration reform.
"Rude." "Disrespectful." "Insulting." Those were words used by various voters to describe Mayor Bill de Blasio's tardiness at a memorial ceremony for Flight 587.
A New York state assemblyman believes sugary drinks should bear warning labels because of related health problems like obesity, heart disease and diabetes.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Thursday signed an ordinance into law that bans smoking in city parks and recreation facilities, or within 50 feet of municipal building entrances, exits, windows and ventilators.
A pair of bills introduced in the City Council on Thursday target the way police patrol New York City's streets.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that his administration has met its goal of enrolling more than 53,000 children in full-day prekindergarten classes.
A new bill to be introduced Thursday in the City Council has angered many in the NYPD. It calls for officers to get consent before they conduct some searches.
Councilwoman Margaret Chin's bill would require the city Department of Environmental Protection to install palm-size detectors to collect data on noise pollution.
The plan would open more land for hunting, but also use deer contraceptives -- shot by dart guns or ingested -- to prevent pregnancy.
Former President George W. Bush offered a touching tribute Tuesday to his father, George Herbert Walker Bush – with wry humor, candor and love.
More than 300,000 people who take the Long Island Rail Road to work on a daily basis are no longer receiving the full benefit that saved commuters thousands of dollars every year.
