Air BnB to NYC: Let Us Pay Taxes
Air BnB, the apartment-sharing website that lets people travel for cheap, wants to give New York $21 million in taxes, if only the city and state would let it, according to the Wall Street Journal.read...
View ArticleBrooklyn Rising
Brooklyn's comparatively recent popularity may not be so much a trend as a reconfiguration of economic and political power within New York City, according to an article in Bloomberg.read more
View ArticleAG Schneiderman Sues Barclays over Dark Pools
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a lawsuit against banking giant Barclays over what it believes is favoritism towards high-frequency traders in its private stock trading...
View ArticleNYS Proposes Virtual Currency Licensing
The New York State Department of Financial Services is considering requiring companies that deal with virtual currencies such as Bitcoin to get a special license from the government as part of a...
View ArticleNYS Releases New Procedures to Report Fed. Estate Tax Audit Changes
The New York State Department of Taxation and Financeissued a notice yesterday that the procedures for reporting federal estate tax changes for the purposes of New York state estate taxes has changed....
View ArticleAlbany Regional Firms Go on Hiring Spree while PWC Closes Office
As PricewaterhouseCoopers prepaers to close down one of its two Albany offices, other firms in the area have been looking to expand their staff, partially with those who leave said closing office,...
View ArticleMargaret Neri Now the New NYS Taxpayer Advocate
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has a new Taxpayer Advocate: Margaret Neri, who has replaced Camille Siano-Enders, who has herself been appointed Director of Conciliation and...
View ArticleWhistleblowers Turning to NY AG for Faster Results
While the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) offers larger payouts, whistleblowers who want to see fast action are turning to the New York State Attorney General's Office, according to...
View ArticleBen Lawsky, NYS Dept. of Fin. Services Head, Eyeing 2015 Exit
Ben Lawsky, appointed by the governor to head the newly formed Department of Financial Services in 2011, will likely step down sometime next year to take a job in the private sector, said Bloomberg,...
View ArticleFormer New York Governor Mario Cuomo Dead at 82
Mario Cuomo, three-time governor of New York, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan, according to Reuters.read more
View ArticleNYS Second Highest in Outbound Migration
According to a survey conducted by a moving company, 64 percent of moves involving New York state are people leaving it, making it the second highest in terms of outbound migration, according to CNBC....
View ArticleSheldon Silver Arrested on Fed Corruption Charges
Sheldon Silver, the longtime New York State Assembly speaker and one of the area’s most powerful political leaders, was arrested on federal corruption charges this morning. According to the New York...
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