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Ken Girardin
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Ken Girardin
@PolicyEngineer
Fellow, @ManhattanInst Individual freedom, empiricism, infants, innovation and Instant Pot. Primary sources please. All opinions my own.
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It would be better if @NassauExec explained how and in what timeframe he would "cut your utility bill in half" because so far this doesn't sound credible.
New York Post Metro@nypmetro
Hochul formally pitches delaying NY climate mandates amid crippling looming utility hikes trib.al/PF8tSJv
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@fud31 @RichLowry The sloppy Florida-NYC comparison needs to go away. One is a state, the other is a city+school district. Comparing them this way obscures how NY/NYC are actually messing up.
foxnews.com/opinion/big-ap…
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Hochul bad case seller’s remorse..in 2022,Hochul..making case Republicans unwelcome...“Just jump on a bus&head to Florida where you belong,”Hochul said..Evidently,audience paying attention..2022&today,around 250,000..headed to Florida where they belonged. nationalreview.com/2026/03/kathy-…
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Another "pro-taxpayer" NYS lawmaker repeating union talking points (and even cribbing their art theme!) without saying (or knowing) how much the proposed giveaway would drive up property taxes.
@davidmckay415 @NYS_AM @GroverNorquist
Assemblyman Brian Maher@bmaher23ny
New York is facing serious workforce shortages across public service. Fixing Tier 6 is an important step toward recruiting and retaining teachers, nurses, correction officers, law enforcement and the workers who keep our communities running. @NYSUT @pefproud @nysaflcio
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From @PolicyEngineer: If Albany rolls back its modest, reasonable, still quite generous pension reforms from 2009 and 2012, New Yorkers, statewide, would owe no less than an extra $100 billion over the next three decades.
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Only 11 percent of NJ construction workers belong to a union. Insisting on union labor makes pols' alleged focus on "cheaper, cleaner power" less credible.
unionstats.com/state/htm/stat…
Governor Mikie Sherrill@GovSherrillNJ
I will always fight for workers, and for the unions that built this state and that are rebuilding it for the future now. Working together with @IBEW, we have a chance to massively expand cheaper, cleaner power and build a new energy arsenal in New Jersey – lowering costs and creating thousands of good-paying union jobs.
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Bottom line: Hochul wants CLCPA fixes to avoid further cost jumps and bans. But it won't reverse past electric bills increases or reliability problems.
‼️These are serious problems NY lawmakers should have been tracking and debating, not counting on Hochul to save them from.‼️
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The worst element of CLCPA was the uncertainty it created. Unless Hochul paves a clear path for replacement power plants to get built and permitted, emissions will remain higher than necessary and grid reliability will remain under threat.
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Gov. Hochul needs to tackle 3 big problems caused/exacerbated by NY's climate law:
1. threats to grid reliability
2. electric bills jumps
3. looming 'carbon taxes'
This morning she announced a plan that will stave off #3. But that leaves #1 and #2... 🧵
empirereportnewyork.com/climate-action…
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@RA_PaulHughes Sen. Kushner's problem is that self-checkouts don't pay UFCW dues. If she were concerned about customer experiences, she wouldn't be blocking the front door to a charter school.
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Funny, the new mayor of Albany just two weeks ago spoke at a rally calling for hiking Albany's own pension costs (which already make up 9 percent of the city's budget).
CBS 6 Albany - WRGB@CBS6Albany
#BREAKING: City leaders say the freeze is needed to stabilize spending, close a budget gap, and preserve essential city services. ➡️ cbs6albany.com/news/local/cit…
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@JeffreyDinowitz How is there an "urgent need" to sweeten pensions? The pay scale has been renegotiated multiple times since the last pension reform. Nothing new has happened.
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Members of the @NYSPEF remain committed to pushing for pension reform, safer workplaces, and solutions to ongoing staffing shortages. With 60% of members in Tier 6, many are experiencing firsthand the urgent need for meaningful changes to the pension system.
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1. You will be purposefully driving up property taxes.
2. You have no evidence—zero—it will "make a real difference" in recruitment and retention, but that's what the unions have asked you to tweet.
Dan McCoy-CountyExec@MCCoyCountyExec
Supporting a fix to Tier 6 (and what about Tier 5?) will make a real difference in helping attract and retain people who serve our communities every day. These changes come with a cost to our counties. It’s also time for another fix. We should take the next step and extend Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) funding to counties to ensure we have the resources needed to deliver the essential services that our residents rely on. Counties need more financial assistance and better ways to keep positions filled.
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.@SNeuhausOC Has @KarlBrabenec told you how much property taxes will surge in Orange County if Albany "fixes" Tier 6 and increases pension liabilities by over $100 billion? Two options:
1. He knows and isn't telling you.
2. He doesn't know but still wants to do it.
@NYS_AM
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