New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the Department of Health was unprepared to respond infectious diseases even before the start of the pandemic.
A rush of New Yorkers paying personal income taxes last December is being credited as one reasons state tax receipts increased in the recently-ended fiscal year.
The State Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday the arrest of William Rapfogel, former executive director and CEO of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, on felony charges of grand larceny, money laundering, criminal tax fraud, conspiracy and other charges.