http://gothamist.com/2008/04/10/budget_2.php All comments for Albany Passes $121.7 Billion Budget en-us 2008 nyc_daveh Mon, 12 May 2008 18:15:00 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 http://gothamist.com/2008/04/10/budget_2.php#comment-1335377 http://gothamist.com/2008/04/10/budget_2.php#comment-1335377 Comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:18:00 -0500 <p>Wow, that's 25 million tricks for Elliott! He's really missing out here!</p> http://gothamist.com/2008/04/10/budget_2.php#comment-1334929 http://gothamist.com/2008/04/10/budget_2.php#comment-1334929 Comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:53:33 -0500 <p>why did the budget grow another 6%?! These clowns cannot get spending under control (i.e salary cuts, service cuts and particularly personnel cuts - you know difficult things, not shuffling things around). They are taxing people and businesses out of the state at an alarming pace. </p> http://gothamist.com/2008/04/10/budget_2.php#comment-1334880 http://gothamist.com/2008/04/10/budget_2.php#comment-1334880 Comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:23:52 -0500 <p>The Assembly didn't vote for congestion pricing because the Bush administration wants to end Federal funding for mass transit and highways and have the local governments pay for it or have it privatized. Maybe they should have voted to gain some closure? But, none the less, the Assembly did debate on congestion pricing and the outcome was it would not pass.</p> http://gothamist.com/2008/04/10/budget_2.php#comment-1334808 http://gothamist.com/2008/04/10/budget_2.php#comment-1334808 Comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:26:20 -0500 <p>Ah, the beauty of a compliant State Governor.</p> http://gothamist.com/2008/04/10/budget_2.php#comment-1334805 http://gothamist.com/2008/04/10/budget_2.php#comment-1334805 Comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:24:52 -0500 <p>In the budget, New York wants online merchants who don't have a physical presence in the state to charge sales tax now eg amazon.com, buy.com, newegg.com. Is this really going to happen?</p>