September 8, 2011

inothernews: Recent rains have caused massive flooding in New York’s Southern Tier, inundating villages and cities including Johnson City (above), which is part of the Binghamton metropolitan area.  The Susquehanna River is expected to crest as high as 36.7 feet in one area; Broome, Chenango and Tioga Counties have declared states of emergency.  “This is a major flooding situation,” said Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who came to the area today to survey flood damage. “This is nothing to be trifled with.”  (Photo: Simon Wheeler / Binghamton Press-Sun & Bulletin)

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Recent rains have caused massive flooding in New York’s Southern Tier, inundating villages and cities including Johnson City (above), which is part of the Binghamton metropolitan area.  The Susquehanna River is expected to crest as high as 36.7 feet in one area; Broome, Chenango and Tioga Counties have declared states of emergency.  “This is a major flooding situation,” said Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who came to the area today to survey flood damage. “This is nothing to be trifled with.”  (Photo: Simon Wheeler / Binghamton Press-Sun & Bulletin)

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April 30, 2012

reagan-was-a-horrible-president: occupyallstreets: Mayor Bloomberg Veto’s Bill To Raise Minimum Wage And Calls It Communism Michael Bloomberg axed the Prevailing Wage bill last week and vowed to veto the Living Wage bill if passed by the City Council. “Let them eat cake!” That’s the message Mayor Bloomberg sent New Yorkers with his veto of the Prevailing Wage bill last Wednesday. With little patience for any measure that could put even the smallest dent in the private sector’s bottom line, Bloomberg has also promised to veto the Living Wage bill. “By vetoing this legislation, the administration has turned a blind-eye to the suffering of New York residents who are in desperate need of wage-relief,” said Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal (D-Manhattan). Actually income inequality is out of control in Bloomberg’s New York with more than 40% of all income in the city going to 1% of the population. “The last time we really had a big managed economy was the USSR and that didn’t work out so well,” said Michael Bloomberg, “You cannot stop the tides from coming in.” City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced a watered down deal on the living wage agreement Wednesday, which will require businesses receiving $1 million or more in city subsidies and earning more than $5 million a year in revenue to pay their workers at least $11.50 an hour, or $10 with benefits. Quinn called the bill “the most impactful living-wage law in the United States,” according to Capital New York. After some businesses were exempted from the measure, however, experts say it will effect roughly only 500 New Yorkers. And yet, Bloomberg has vowed to veto the bill. Source/Credit With a net worth of $22 billion in 2012, Michael Bloomberg is also the 11th-richest person in the United States.

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Mayor Bloomberg Veto’s Bill To Raise Minimum Wage And Calls It Communism

Michael Bloomberg axed the Prevailing Wage bill last week and vowed to veto the Living Wage bill if passed by the City Council.

“Let them eat cake!”

That’s the message Mayor Bloomberg sent New Yorkers with his veto of the Prevailing Wage bill last Wednesday.

With little patience for any measure that could put even the smallest dent in the private sector’s bottom line, Bloomberg has also promised to veto the Living Wage bill.

“By vetoing this legislation, the administration has turned a blind-eye to the suffering of New York residents who are in desperate need of wage-relief,” said Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal (D-Manhattan).

Actually income inequality is out of control in Bloomberg’s New York with more than 40% of all income in the city going to 1% of the population.

“The last time we really had a big managed economy was the USSR and that didn’t work out so well,” said Michael Bloomberg, “You cannot stop the tides from coming in.”

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced a watered down deal on the living wage agreement Wednesday, which will require businesses receiving $1 million or more in city subsidies and earning more than $5 million a year in revenue to pay their workers at least $11.50 an hour, or $10 with benefits.

Quinn called the bill “the most impactful living-wage law in the United States,” according to Capital New York. After some businesses were exempted from the measure, however, experts say it will effect roughly only 500 New Yorkers.

And yet, Bloomberg has vowed to veto the bill.

Source/Credit

With a net worth of $22 billion in 2012, Michael Bloomberg is also the 11th-richest person in the United States.

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