Webster highway crews worked overtime last week in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, picking up leaves to help prevent potential flooding in areas by Lake Ontario. As nearly 1,500 households in the town remained without power Wednesday morning, ...

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A new component of his Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s CitizenConnects website is available online to help New Yorkers understand the property tax cap. “Cap NY Property Taxes — A Citizen’s Guide,” informs residents about their local tax burdens and empowers ...

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A house is not an ATM machine for the government. That is what Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo told a crowd gathered Wednesday in front of an Irondequoit couple’s home. Cuomo was in town as a part of a statewide tour to tout a 2 percent property tax cap ...

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ALBANY — The framework of an agreement struck by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders is expected to result in a property tax cap, the extension of New York City rent control, tuition increases at the State university of New York and more by Tuesday night.

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ALBANY — A poll says the New York Legislature's top priority heading into the final weeks of the 2011 session should be passing a property tax cap. The Siena College poll says the next priorities should be an ethics reform law ...

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With the inaugural parties over, Gov. Andrew Cuomo was in his office working on an emergency plan to reduce the size of government and to push his major priority of a cap on property tax growth.

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ALBANY — A day after the Legislature passed one of the latest state budgets in New York history, Gov. David A. Paterson says the work isn’t done. The lame duck Democrat says he’ll still push lawmakers ...

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