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Nixon Releases Tax Returns: Candidate, Wife Earned $1.9M In 2017 Nixon Releases Tax Returns: Candidate, Wife Earned $1.9M In 2017
Nixon Releases Tax Returns: Candidate, Wife Earned $1.9M In 2017 Cynthia Nixon, the “Sex and the City” television star who faces Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for governor has released tax returns showing she and her wife reported income of $1.9 million last year, according to multiple news reports. The couple donated about $53,000 to a variety of environmental, education, arts and children’s charities as well as homeless shelters and a public library, according to their tax return. Nixon’s campaign allowed reporters to review the tax records on Friday, May 4.  Cuomo, the two-term incumbent from New Castle, released his tax returns last month. …

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by Jon Craig
Business
Nearly 600 'Distressed Mortgages' Bought In High Foreclosure Regions Nearly 600 'Distressed Mortgages' Bought In High Foreclosure Regions
Nearly 600 'Distressed Mortgages' Bought In High Foreclosure Regions Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the state's Community Restoration Fund has purchased 172 mortgages in an effort to bring owners in targeted communities out of foreclosure and keep the homes from abandonment.  According to this article in Daily Voice, foreclosures are at an 11-year high in New York state, while nationwide they are at an 11-year low.  The Community Restoration Fund has helped strengthen the financial position of homeowners, bringing stability back to the housing market in neighborhoods across the state, and preventing so-called "zombie properties," Cuomo said. Thi…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Scarsdale Police Assist Homeless Man Sleeping In Garbage Closet Scarsdale Police Assist Homeless Man Sleeping In Garbage Closet
Scarsdale Police Assist Homeless Man Sleeping In Garbage Closet Police intervention was required in Scarsdale, when a homeless man attempted to beat the cold by taking shelter in the garbage closet of a Spencer Place apartment building. Officers from the Scarsdale Police Department were dispatched to 2 Spencer Place at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 3, following reports of an unauthorized African American that was inside the building. Upon arrival, officers were flagged down by the caller, who stated that the suspect - later identified as Victor Charles - had walked down the nearby staircase to the northbound platform of the Metro-North Railroad statio…

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by Zak Failla