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How much does it cost to incarcerate someone at Rikers?
According to the Comptroller's FY 2021 Department of Correction analysis: The full annual cost of incarceration grew to $556,539 per person in FY 2021.Dec 6, 2021

 

https://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/comptroller-stringer-cost-of-incarceration-per-person-in-new-york-city-skyrockets-to-all-time-high-2/

 

Rikers, and the city's other jails, are designed to be a temporary holding spot for people awaiting trial or convicted of crimes with a sentence of a year or less.

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Great column I read before the holidays and just got around to posting.  I am originally from Canisteo so this hits close to home.....

 

Column: “Redskins” is a family name

 

"But they know they are in charge, and they know we are powerless. So they put their wind turbines on our hilltops and they bury their trash near our lakes and they decide what our children will learn and what we may say. They tell us where we can carry our guns and how much water can be in our toilets and whether or not we can burn our leaves."

 

A related note, last Christmas we stopped at the casino in Salamanca off I-86 on our way back from the Comedy Museum in Jamestown.  Didn't gamble, just wanted to check it out and have a bathroom stop.  Spoke with some of the Seneca's there, oddly they felt a connection to us as we were from Canisteo and there is a kind of shared heritage between us.  We talked about the Redskin name and a woman younger than myself said "We don't find name offensive at all.  Quite the opposite, our lands, language, lives and history have all been take away.  Soon all that will be left is our names and they're trying to take that away as well."

 

It was sad.  I felt sorry for her, all of them.  There was hardly anyone there.

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I will comment on taxes in NY vs FL- I have a house worth 400+ and my Bros in law owns a house worth just under 500 outside Rochester- he pays 15k per year in property taxes plus his 7k or more in income tax on his income tax. I pay 2100 in property and zero in income tax. At the end of the day he literally pays so much to the state that my lesser income is actually more.

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15 minutes ago, Orlando Tim said:

I will comment on taxes in NY vs FL- I have a house worth 400+ and my Bros in law owns a house worth just under 500 outside Rochester- he pays 15k per year in property taxes plus his 7k or more in income tax on his income tax. I pay 2100 in property and zero in income tax. At the end of the day he literally pays so much to the state that my lesser income is actually more.


NY property taxes are ***** stupid.  Here in CA our house is worth $700k we will pay just under $6k next year.  
 

Question:  How are FL’s property taxes increased?  I know I’m TX they reassess every year. Here it’s a 2% annual increase. 

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NY property taxes are ***** stupid.  Here in CA our house is worth $700k we will pay just under $6k next year.  
 

Question:  How are FL’s property taxes increased?  I know I’m TX they reassess every year. Here it’s a 2% annual increase. 

Florida is a max of 3% per year-so my house has more than doubled in 12 years but taxes have gone up $300 a year

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3 hours ago, Orlando Tim said:

Florida is a max of 3% per year-so my house has more than doubled in 12 years but taxes have gone up $300 a year

 

What is the sales tax rate in Florida?

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9 hours ago, Orlando Tim said:

Florida is a max of 3% per year-so my house has more than doubled in 12 years but taxes have gone up $300 a year


Ours doubled in three years and our taxes have gone up $300 over the full three years.  Thank you prop 13. 

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New York City sues Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties over migrants

 

https://www.thedailynewsonline.com/top_story/new-york-city-sues-genesee-orleans-and-wyoming-counties-over-migrants/article_7ce44316-a5bf-5988-90dc-101b223dea3c.html

 

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The lawsuit was announced Wednesday by Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Corporation Counsel Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix. It’s suing 31 counties along with their executive officers.

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The lawsuit seeks to nullify executive orders enacted by the counties which bar hotels and municipalities from accepting migrants sent from New York City. It also seeks to recoup attorneys’ fees connected to the lawsuit, along with an further relief a judge deems proper

 

 

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