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Two former female aides to Governor Andrew Cuomo are accusing him of bad behavior, with one saying the governor sexually harassed her in incidents that
Legislators Push NY Assembly Speaker To Forgive Rent Debt, Make Landlords Apply For Aid
Dozens of New York State Assembly members are asking their leader to prioritize a budget measure that would eliminate rent debt for tenants and put the onus on landlords to apply for government relief.
Speaker of the Assembly Carl Heastie received a letter from his colleagues last week requesting he support a plan for rent forgiveness and a $2.25B fund that the state could allocate to landlords it deemed needed it, The Real Deal reported.
“A landlord-hardship fund can ensure that mom-and-pop landlords and not-for-profit housing providers are prioritized for aid,” the letter says, according to TRD. “[The measure will help in] providing much-needed relief to our mom-and-pop landlords not bailing out Blackstone.”
SIFMA Opposes New York Stock Transfer Tax Due To Harm To Savers And Investors Date
03/02/2021
Today, SIFMA and 26 other organizations representing more than 544,000 workers in the financial services industry in New York State and throughout the U.S., and other business groups in the state, sent a letter opposing the STT to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, President Pro Tempore and Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Speaker of the Assembly Carl Heastie
SIFMA issued the following statement from SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. on the New York stock transfer tax (STT).
“SIFMA strongly opposes the imposition of a stock transfer tax (STT) due to the cost to retirement savers, investors, businesses and the economy. The STT is nothing more than a sales tax on investors and it runs counter to many longstanding policies promoting savings and economic growth. This type of tax has, in actual practice, resulted in a migration of trading volume to oth