I am writing to present a potential new option for property taxpayers, an important plan which I have long supported and outlined three years ago (as published in the Erie Times-News on Feb. 6, 2021). This option, a 1% local option sales tax, is now working its way through the Pennsylvania Legislature. If planned for […]
Mamaroneck village is in the throes of an affordable-housing crisis, a village government-issued report says. Incomes can’t compete with rising rents and the median single-family house sold for $1.08 million in 2023. To afford that median home requires an estimated $373,842 household income, according to the 17-page village Planning Department report. And while resident incomes […]
Many Gen Z-ers are feeling the pressure of student loans and looking for creative ways to pay them back. The average Gen Z-er owes just under $25,000, Bankrate reports from a study by credit reporting agency TransUnion. While this is less than other generations, the weight of debt has caused a few setbacks for young […]