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Empire State Development Announces Request for Proposals for Purchase and Redevelopment of Mount McGregor...
Empire State Development (ESD) today announced it will issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the purchase and redevelopment of approximately 325 acres of the former Mount McGregor Correctional Facility located in Wilton, New York. Mount McGregor clos...
Cantwell, Roberts Introduce Bill to Renew Low-Income Housing Tax Provision
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a critical tax provision for improving access to affordable housing and spurring private investment in developments that support s...
Governor McCrory Signs Bill to Support New Renewable Energy Projects
“I am pleased to sign Senate Bill 372 to bring new renewable energy projects online in North Carolina,” said Governor McCrory. “Renewable energy is an important part of an all-of-the-above energy policy that produces clean power, creates jobs and...
Building On Early Successes
As a lifelong farmer and rancher, I also understand the importance of reasonable deduction levels for new equipment and have heard repeatedly from producers and business owners across the state who are looking for more certainty with how the federal ta...
Mangano Helps Homeowners File For Property Tax Relief
As part of his continued efforts to help residents reduce their tax burden, County Executive Edward P. Mangano has arranged to bring the Department of Assessment office operations to libraries and community meeting halls throughout Nassau to assist ho...
NY State Appellate Court Hears Arguments in Case against NYC Department of Buildings for...
The New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division heard oral arguments on Thursday in the Mechanical Contractors V. NYCDOB, Case No. 13-10093, regarding controversy over whether the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) has the legal authority to ignore ...
McKinley Energy Efficiency Plan Signed Into Law
Energy efficiency was a central focus for Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E., (WV-1) this week with a speech Tuesday, the introduction of comprehensive efficiency legislation Wednesday, and a White House signing ceremony for the Energy Efficiency Impr...
Hoeven, Klobuchar Water Heater Efficiency Legislation Signed Into Law
Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) announced that President Obama this afternoon signed their Water Heater Efficiency legislation into law. The new law enables rural electric power cooperatives and their members to continue using...
Portman’s Energy Efficiency Bill Signed Into Law
Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) announced that President Barack Obama has signed his bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015. This is the first energy bill to be signed in...
FRIDAY IN LONDONDERRY: DAY AFTER ENERGY EFFICIENCY BILL TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW, SHAHEEN...
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) will visit and tour Bosch Thermotechnology Corporation in Londonderry on Friday morning to highlight the effects of Senator Shaheen’s Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, which is expected to be signed into la...
Reps. Brady and Crowley Move to Increase Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate
Two senior members of the House Ways & Means Committee are continuing their quest to remove a 1980’s era tax provision that discourages foreign investment in U.S. real estate.
Justice Department Settles Housing Discrimination Lawsuit Involving North Attleboro, Massachusetts, Apartment Complex
The Justice Department today announced an agreement with J & R Associates, the owner and operator of the Royal Park Apartments in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, to resolve allegations of discrimination against families with children in violation...
Community input matters to TDHCA’s Housing Tax Credit Program
The Housing Tax Credit (“HTC”) Program helps finance the development of attractive, high quality affordable rental housing through partnerships with private developers.
Reps. Bass and Roybal-Allard Issue Statement on LA Trade-Tech Not Being Selected as a...
Congressmembers Karen Bass (D-Calif.) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif) released the following statement after the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) did not select Los Angeles Trade-Technical College’s “Promise Zone” application
Mayor de Blasio Signs Legislation to Provide Tax Relief for Property Owners Impacted by...
City legislation provides long-term financial relief for property owners who experienced significant increases in property taxes, part of de Blasio Administration’s Sandy recovery overhaul
Rhode Island Real Estate Businessman Sentenced To Prison For Tax Fraud
A Cranston, Rhode Island, man was sentenced today to prison for tax fraud in the District of Rhode Island, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
Taxpayer Assistance – Low and Moderate Income Homeowners Property Tax Relief
The Low & Moderate Income Homeowners Property Tax Relief program was designed to lessen the economic burden of the State Education Property Tax on certain at-risk taxpayers.
YIDA Takes Final Action to Restore Tax Delinquent Morris Street Apartment House and Return...
The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency gave final approval today to a plan that returns a tax delinquent and condemned apartment house on Morris Street to taxpaying status, providing housing for 18 tenants in the future.
WELCH OUTLINES ENERGY EFFICIENCY AGENDA FOR NEW CONGRESS
At Blodgett Supply in Montpelier today, Rep. Peter Welch met with a broad cross-section of Vermont energy efficiency leaders to outline his efficiency priorities for the new Congress and learn about the latest energy efficiency innovations in Vermont. ...
COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL COFFMAN PROVIDES OVER $7.7 MILLION IN RESTITUTION TO HOMEOWNERS OVERCHARGED BY...
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman announced today that her office has sent out more than 20,000 checks to homeowners who were improperly charged false and inflated foreclosure costs by foreclosure law firm Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP. ...
Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Session
Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Session at the Inkster Public Library There are new programs offered by the Wayne County Treasurer with a DEADLINE of May 12, that can lower interest rates and taxes for those facing foreclosure. Learn about your rights!
Congressman Fattah Statement on Philadelphia Business/Union Coalition Proposal to Raise Real Estate Tax
Congressman Chaka Fattah (PA-02), issued the following statement on a proposal by business, union, and civic leaders in Philadelphia to raise the real estate tax, which has the potential to create new jobs and supply additional funding for the city’s...
Reps. Garrett, Maloney Introduce the Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act of...
H.R. 1982 would reaffirm and clarify key protections for ordinary investors that were put in place when Congress passed and amended the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA). In particular, the bill aims to properly shield innocent individual inve...
Montgomery County Law Enforcement Agencies Conduct Prescription Drug Take-Back DaysMontgomery County Law Enforcement Agencies...
Montgomery County law enforcement agencies will be conducting two Prescription Drug Take-Back Days in May at multiple locations. The first Drug Take-Back Day will take place on Saturday, May 2 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The second Drug Take-Back Day, s...
Estate Attorney Predicts Death Tax Will Stay Despite House Vote
On Thursday, April 16, the House voted 240-179 to repeal the federal death tax. In response to Congress, the President has threated to veto the repeal, leading most experts to predict a continuation of the long-standing tax. The death tax will likely s...
Delaney Announces Climate Change Legislation to Reduce Carbon Pollution, Protect Middle Class, Boost Economic...
On Earth Day, Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6) announces that he will introduce new legislation this spring designed to respond to the global crisis of climate change in a fiscally-responsible way that ensures that middle class families don’t pay t...
HOUSE SENDS WELCH ENERGY EFFICIENCY BILL TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR SIGNATURE
This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives approved bipartisan energy efficiency legislation authored by Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Rep. David McKinley (R-WV). President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law
First Half Property taxes Due April 30
Doug Lasher, Clark County Treasurer, stated that first-installment property taxes are due on Thursday, April 30, 2015. “If you have not received your 2015 first-installment tax statement or have lost it, you can visit our website
RUMANA: GOP READY TO TALK PROPERTY TAX REFORM ANYTIME, ANYWHERE
Assembly Republican Whip Scott Rumana, R-Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic, responded today to Democrat Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald’s statement this weekend in the Star-Ledger that Republicans weren’t interested in participating in a b...
O’SCANLON: TRENTON DEMS WAY OFF-BASE THAT GOP HAS NO INTEREST IN PROPERTY TAX REFORM
Assembly Republican Budget Officer Declan O’Scanlon, R-Monmouth, issued the following statement following Sunday’s news report Assembly Republicans have no interest in participating in a bipartisan panel on property tax reform
