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(The Center Square) — New York and its municipalities top the nation’s top taxers and highest spenders, according to a new watchdog report, which renews calls for the state's political leaders to hold the line on taxes.
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(The Center Square) — New York’s mobile betting sports books continue to rake in money from the multi-billion dollar industry five years after its launch, which bodes well for the state's tax coffers.
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(The Center Square) — New York is leading a coalition of Northeast states in suing the Trump administration to block agreements with two energy companies that would scrap several offshore wind projects, claiming taxpayer money is being used to pay off the companies.
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(The Center Square) — President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met at Gracie Mansion on Monday, telling reporters at a press conference after the closed-door meeting they discussed housing, immigration and the Big Apple's cost of living crisis.
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(The Center Square) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is tightening the leash on the artificial intelligence sector, despite threats of legal challenges from the industry and a lack of support from the federal government.
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(Legal Newsline) – Bayer is settling a lawsuit that alleged it misled customers into thinking One A Day multivitamins promote healthy sperm.
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(The Center Square) — A group of Pro-Palestinian protesters is suing Columbia University, claiming the elite school "unlawfully imprisoned" and "assaulted" students during anti-Israel demonstrations last year.
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(The Center Square) — The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court ruling blocking an attempt to cut funding for the Gateway tunnel and other infrastructure projects in the New York and New Jersey region.
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(The Center Square) — A coalition of business groups is calling on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to add his weight to a push for state reforms to a law critics say has fueled a wave of bogus litigation.
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(The Center Square) – A hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 24 involving a bond request from Paramount Skydance amid its legal battles over a proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery that could put state governments on the hook for nearly $2 billion.
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(The Center Square) — Two of New York's most vulnerable House lawmakers have filed a bipartisan bill that would ban mid-decade congressional redistricting in response to a nationwide partisan battle over political maps.
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(The Center Square) — Teachers' unions want New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to walk back plans to join the Trump administration's “school choice” program, claiming that it would divert students and money from public schools.
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(The Center Square) — New York sheriffs are asking a federal judge to block a ban on agreements with ICE to enforce immigration law while a legal challenge over the new state law plays out in court.
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