Dear MarketWatch, I currently live in upstate New York (Saratoga County). I will retire from my state government job with an $ 80,000 public pension. If I stay, I won’t have to pay state income taxes on my pension, Social Security and the first $ 20,000 annually from my deferred …
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The obvious things are obvious: Staggered shifts in the office. Spaced-out tables in restaurants. Hand sanitizer everywhere. But as American businesses sketch out a post-COVID future, dozens of other changes are almost certainly on the way. And many of them are being quietly imagined now in New York City. Why …
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Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers went back to work on Monday for the first time in nearly three months, as the city took its first step toward reopening with cautious optimism. “Our mojo is back. Our energy’s back,” said Gov. Andrew Cuomo at his Monday briefing. Monday also marked …
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Anxiety and trepidation have replaced full-throated excitement among New York City’s businesses preparing to reopen on Monday. “There was a sense of relief and anticipation about getting back to business,” said Tom Grech, president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce. “But the events of the last five-to-seven days …
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President Trump early Friday threatened to “get the job done right” to control the violent Minneapolis protests if the city’s mayor doesn’t “get his act together.” “I can’t stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis. A total lack of leadership,” Trump tweeted. “Either the very …
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A man was shot dead outside of a Minneapolis pawn shop Wednesday night as violent protests over the death of George Floyd rattled the city, authorities said. Minneapolis cops are investigating reports that the victim was a looter shot dead by an owner of the business, police department spokesman John …
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The investment company that employs a white woman who went viral after calling the police on a black man in Central Park in Manhattan on Monday has placed her on administrative leave. “We take these matters very seriously, and we do not condone racism of any kind,” read a statement …
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Glimmers of a new normal are emerging in New York City even as the five boroughs technically remain under state-mandated stay-at-home orders until at least May 28 — and more likely into the first part of June, Mayor Bill de Blasio re-emphasized on Tuesday. “We still need at least a …
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New York City is making coronavirus testing available to increasing numbers of its 8.4 million residents, as it aims to conduct 20,000 tests a day by the end of the month, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday. Now that the city has more capacity — with tens of thousands of …
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