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/"The governor’s twisting himself in knots to not offend rich people,” the number two Democrat in the state Senate said.The executive budget’s proposed personal income tax schedule. Source: Freeman Klopott, NYS Division of Budget“When you look at the numbers, we’re talking about a minuscule, temporary surcharge for the top .1% of New Yorkers. It’s no surprise the Governor didn’t want to shout this from the rooftops,” said Monica Klein, a spokesperson for Invest in Our New York, a large coalition of progressive advocacy groups pushing for $50 billion in new taxes., ,By, , ,By, , ,ByBecome a...…/"The governor’s twisting himself in knots to not offend rich people,” the number two Democrat in the state Senate said.The executive budget’s proposed personal income tax schedule. Source: Freeman Klopott, NYS Division of Budget“When you look at the numbers, we’re talking about a minuscule, temporary surcharge for the top .1% of New Yorkers. It’s no surprise the Governor didn’t want to shout this from the rooftops,” said Monica Klein, a spokesperson for Invest in Our New York, a large coalition of progressive advocacy groups pushing for $50 billion in new taxes., ,By, , ,By, , ,ByBecome a...WW…

/“Are you going to hire every single able-bodied Republican political operative?” Cuomo’s senior staff filled with top Republicans, to Democrats’ frustrationThree years later, Mujica again helped the Republicans keep control of the chamber by joining a coalition with the Independent Democratic Conference or IDC, a group of breakaway Democrats. Mujica’s role, Politico , was to help arrange the coalition in conversations with Governor Cuomo.Correction: an earlier version of this article conflated Robert Mujica’s roles in the 2009 Senate coup and in the 2012 Senate IDC-GOP coalition, both of...…/“Are you going to hire every single able-bodied Republican political operative?” Cuomo’s senior staff filled with top Republicans, to Democrats’ frustrationThree years later, Mujica again helped the Republicans keep control of the chamber by joining a coalition with the Independent Democratic Conference or IDC, a group of breakaway Democrats. Mujica’s role, Politico , was to help arrange the coalition in conversations with Governor Cuomo.Correction: an earlier version of this article conflated Robert Mujica’s roles in the 2009 Senate coup and in the 2012 Senate IDC-GOP coalition, both of...WW…