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Education Investment Tax Credit

Education Investment Tax Credit

  • Democrats Frustrated by Governor Backing Off Party's Issues

    Cuomo Heastie ethics

    Cuomo and Heastie agree on ethics reforms (photo: Governor's Office via flickr)


    On Tuesday Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters that the DREAM Act and the Education Investment Tax Credit (EITC) he had paired were no longer part of budget negotiations. For many Black and Latino legislators the news was painful - they had pushed Cuomo to include the DREAM Act as part of his budget after he and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul campaigned on the issue across the city this summer. But there was also a sinking sense of deja

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