ALBANY—State Senator Jeff Klein today will introduce another bill to raise income taxes on higher-income earners, but it does not have support from major players in a coalition that has been pushing similar legislation. Klein's bill will increase the standard deduction for those earning less than $250,000 in addition to increasing the tax rate on individuals or ...

The battle by tenant advocates to repeal a key rent regulation law favored by landlords just got a boost from a Republican. Last week, Frank Padavan, a Republican state Senator from Queens with an independent streak, signed on as a co-sponsor to a bill that would repeal vacancy decontrol, a law that allows landlords the ability to remove their apartments ...

The battle by tenant advocates to repeal a key rent regulation law favored by landlords just got a boost from a Republican. Last week Frank Padavan, a Republican state Senator from Queens with an independent streak, signed on as a co-sponsor to a bill that would repeal vacancy decontrol, a law that allows landlords the ability to remove their apartments ...

The battle by tenant advocates to repeal a key rent regulation law favored by landlords just got a boost from a Republican. Last week Frank Padavan, a Republican state senator from Queens, signed on as a co-sponsor to a bill that would repeal vacancy decontrol, a law that allows landlords the ability to remove their apartments from rent stabilization when ...