I would say unbelievable, but it is right in character for Governor Jerk:
Health care heroes who came from around the country to help fight the coronavirus outbreak in New York will still have to pay state income taxes, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The taxes would also affect Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian aid organization that set up a temporary hospital in Central Park.
“We’re not in a position to provide any subsidies right now because we have a $13 billion deficit,” Cuomo said during his daily press briefing Tuesday. “So there’s a lot of good things I’d like to do, and if we get federal funding, we can do, but it would be irresponsible for me to sit here looking at a $13 billion deficit and say I’m gonna spend more money, when I can’t even pay the essential services.”
The issue first arose when Samaritan’s Purse was setting up its emergency field hospital, according to New York City-based PIX11 News. The charity’s comptroller noticed that a New York state law requires anyone working in the state for more than 14 days to pay income tax.
Go here to read the rest. Well, I guess Cuomo decided that any chance he had to replace Zombie Biden is out the window. I do have to hand it to Cuomo, he has raised rank ingratitude to an art form, and placed in granite the negative impression that much of the country has about New York City.
Cuomo lives in Albany. I have friends in Syracuse who never could stand him. To this I’m sure they’ll say “we’re not surprised.”
One statement from a large official medical community, recommending that no one go there to help any more until Cuomo is gone, might just do the trick.
I’m going out on a limb here. The man is peak stupid. And, the academy and media is a step a step short of peak asinine.
This asininity showed yesterday when he breathlessly touted a chart showing 66% of NY China Murder Virus hospitalizations were people that were supposed to be locked up in their homes. What he, and the academy, and the Manchurian media didn’t immediately note in bold-faced caps, 99% of the NY population is at home. Ergo, 66% of hospitalizations is unsurprising. They never tell you that 94% of hospitalizations have one comorbidity; and 88% (that’s seven of eight, liberals) have more than one life-threatening condition.
Everything else he has done (since he was a boy HUD Secretary) falls in the peak stupid category.
Don’t let him rip you off. He wants $ billions to cover 70 years of liberal, fiscal mismanagement.
More and more he reminds me of his old man, the first head of this crime family. Can you imagine being Mario knowing your usefulness to the party of death was in attempting to give “Catholic” cover on the abortion issue? These are power mad people who care not a whit about anyone in their way. The NY Post ran a nice article on how Andrew pretended not to know about the disaster his policies created in the nursing homes of NY. If there was any honesty/decency left among NY prosecutors, Andrew would be charged with manslaughter. He’s already threatening nursing home operators to keep them quiet. What a thug!
I’ve also read that Cuomo wants to tax all of your home state income for the period you were working in New York too.
I’ve been wondering where the new cases were coming from. The New York data is consistent with the thesis that we’re looking at intrafamilial spread. There’s not a whole lot you can do about that other than attempt to organize temporary housing arrangements for those over 60. You can implement public health protocols within households, but that’s severely challenging. (See Megan McArdle’s columns on the efforts she and her sister have been making to look after their father and not catch the ailment from him). Steve Sailer made reference to a study yesterday which indicated that the chances of infection in open air are minimal so we’re really looking at what to do in enclosed spaces. I think if we have ample distribution of protective equipment, it should be possible to re-open everything that does not have people singing, shouting, or talking loudly to each other.
As for Church services, the singing and the hand shaking has to stop until further notice. See Gallup, NM and Albany, Ga. Communion should still be possible.
I’ve also read that Cuomo wants to tax all of your home state income for the period you were working in New York too.
That’s New York tax law being it’s stupid self. It’s up to the legislature to fix it. Like most legislatures, New York’s doesn’t accomplish much.
What really galls is the vitriolic attack on Samaritan’s Purse by the Speaker of the New York City Council.
“it would be irresponsible for me to sit here looking at a $13 billion deficit and say I’m gonna spend more money”
The fool has just shut down 1000 MWe of clean safe electrical power provided by Indian Point Unit 2. Videos and pics here:
https://brianvangor.smugmug.com/Indian-Point/n-Zgrcv/IP-Unit-2-Shutdown/
1000 MWe from Unit 3 is scheduled for the same fate next year. Andy is achieving with Indian Point what his father Mario before him achieved with Shoreham on Long Island. Wait till electric rates skyrocket and tax revenue from a nuclear Niagra Falls dries up. That $13 billion deficit will easily double. New Yorkers will get everything they deserve from having voted for Andy.
I spent 18 years of my life at that facility. I know that plant inside and out, every nook and cranny; every circuit board, switch and relay; every panel, cabinet and drawer; every pump, motor, turbine and valve. It’s safe, clean, secure. And anything I have to say about that worthless excuse for a human being – Andy Cuomo – simply isn’t printable. But I will use the Battlestar Galactica term: frack you, Andy and the horse you rode in on.