Gov. Cuomo Ups State Emergency Food Assistance

To address the shortfall created by the reduction this year in
federal SNAP benefits, which impacts 3.1 million New Yorkers, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced $4.5 million in emergency food assistance grants for distribution to the 46 not-for-profit organizations that between them fund 2,600 emergency food providers statewide.

Among the 46 recipients of the state emergency food assistance

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Dollars, Deception and Desperation

Proposal One on the back of Tuesday's ballot, amending the state's constitution to allow casino gambling to expand, passed by 57% of the vote.

In a lobbying triumph for the gambling industry, at least seven Vegas-style casinos will go up in what Governor Andrew Cuomo calls an effort to create jobs in economically-depressed upstate New York.

What Cuomo doesn't acknowledge is that the gambling

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The 421-a "Pay-to-Play" Glory Hole

The details began leaking out in June, when the Met Council's Tenant Newspaper blogged "Does the owner of a $90 million penthouse deserve a tax break?"

Developed by the Extell Company, One57, a
1,004-ft., 75-story, 92-condo high-rise at 157 57th Street, across from Carnegie Hall, has been dubbed “The Billionaires’ Tower."

One57 made news last year after Hurricane Sandy snapped an improperly

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