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The budget has landed (and a breakdown of local school cuts)

TweetFor the first time in five years, Albany has gotten its act together and passed a budget on time — indeed, a day early. That’s the good news. The bad news? With all the cuts required to close a $10 billion budget gap, state-run services are being… [...]

An on-time budget? In New York State?

If so, it’ll be the first since 2006, says the NY Daily News. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders announced a deal on the budget this afternoon, and it looks a lot like the budget Cuomo proposed back in February: The budget calls for a 2% d… [...]

Bonacic: Keep the millionaires’ tax

Fresh from the New York Times’s City Room blog: GOP state senator John Bonacic, whose district includes territory from Delaware, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster Counties, has thrown his support behind a move to extend the so-called “millionaires’ tax” in N… [...]

17 protestors arrested in Albany

Liz Benjamin at Capitol Confidential reports that 100 activists were protesting the Cuomo administration’s planned budget cuts in Albany today. And while 17 were arrested, she writes that the scene wasn’t particularly wild: The whole situation was rath… [...]

No kindergarten, no APs: What a "bare bones" school budget feels like

Paul Smart of WGXC attended last night’s public forum about the Catskill Central School District budget, at which parents and teachers considered what school looks like when the only things it offers are required by state mandate: Speakers addressed wh… [...]

Cheesehead rally in NYC

This morning, some 100 protesters took to the sidewalks of 6th Avenue in Manhattan to rally in solidarity with union workers in Wisconsin. Approximately 20 protesters were wearing “cheeseheads,” which are hats normally worn by fans of the Green Bay Pac… [...]

Living HOMEGROWN: The Finance of Farming

“I’m half of YellowTree Farm, an urban homestead that I founded with my husband in late 2008. Together, my husband and I grow vegetables and raise animals on [...] [...]

Rockland’s credit rating dips

Rockland County’s credit rating took a small hit when the investor’s service Moody’s dropped it from Aa3 to A1, signaling that it is no longer a high-grade investment. The A1 rating is considered “upper medium grade,” and signals to investors that they… [...]

Poor Girl Gourmet – Eating Sustainably is for Everyone

The concept of Amy McCoy’s Poor Girl Gourmet – Eat In Style on a Bare-Bones Budget is simple: eating sustainable, ethically-raised, family farm food is financially feasible for everyone. Through her recipes, Amy shows that, for close to the price of a “family meal” bucket of fast food, a family of four can sit down to [...] [...]

What’s in YOUR Wallet?

Greg then asked Supervisor Rights if he was still planning to donate $10,000 to the Library. Rights f-i-n-a-l-l-y admitted that the cuts in his salary would be his $10,000 contribution. Oh really Supervisor? You honestly think you get to earmark where the non-voluntary cuts on your salary line are distributed? Really? By the way, don’t even think about deducting this on your 2010 income taxes. [...]