How NY’s $6 billion CDPAP Medicaid program has been abused, overused for years

New Yorkers with zero healthcare experience are allowed to care for their elderly or disabled relatives and friends — potentially earning more than $43,000 a year — under a $6 billion Medicaid program that’s been rife for fraud, abuse and overuse for years, insiders say. Even a TikToker is advertising it! You have seen the commercials. Consumer Directed Personal … Read more

Why McDonald’s is charging $18 for a Big Mac meal — and why there’s no relief in sight

Amid the uproar, McDonald’s franchisees say they are being financially squeezed by the rising cost of insurance, equipment and labor. Government is the biggest inflation factor! The rules and laws government sets affect insurance rates as well as the $16 minimum wage law in the State of New York! Only Washington State is higher at … Read more

Addabbo wants to legalize iLottery and iGaming

Senate Bill S8185 relates to interactive gaming What is iLottery? Playing existing Powerball and scratch card games online or with a smartphone. What is iGaming? Moving online land-based casinos and sports betting. How will the state generate $1 billion new revenue when the law cannbalize income from land-based casinos and mom and pop lotto stores? … Read more

$14 trillion in slavery reparation proposed: Bowman

The bill cites scholars’ estimates that the US benefited from over 222 trillion hours of forced labor between 1619 and the end of slavery in 1865, “which would be valued at $97,000,000,000,000 today.” NY Post (January 18, 2024) NY City Council proposed it. (Int. 0947-2023 and Int. 1082-2023). NY State has signed into law to … Read more

State of NYC’s broken property tax system

Tax Equity New NY LLC argument before State’s Court of Appeals on January 9, 2024. How a $2 Million Condo in Brooklyn ends up with a $157 tax bill. (October 14, 2021) New York City responds to property tax challenge at top court. (December 13, 2022) NYC Property tax report is a roadmap that offers … Read more