Ilya Marritz

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Should the sales tax exemption on clothing and shoes be sent back to the grave? WNYC’s Ilya Marritz explains the debate.

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City Council members are criticizing Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to raise the sales tax rate by a half-percent and eliminate the tax exemption for clothes and shoes. At a Council hearing yesterday, Finance committee chair David Weprin said the proposal would cost 1,200 jobs, mostly in ...

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President Obama’s plan to aid homeowners is moving slowly. Rob Schmitz of member station KQED reports.

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The investigation into an alleged cash-for-access scheme at the New York State Pension Fund just keeps growing. This week there were new civil charges against a private equity fund that's currently managing hundreds-of-millions of dollars of public money, and it was revealed that several well-known ...

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Plus the stress tests, and the future of the WTC site. Guest: Greg David, Crain’s New York Business.

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Brooklyn Industries, a fast-growing retailer, stopped in its tracks. Guest: WNYC’s Lisa Chow.

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State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is suing a private equity fund that manages about $250 million of public pension money. The Comptroller says there was fraud, and that he wants to end the relationship. WNYC's Ilya Marritz explains.

REPORTER: The criminal complaint alleges that in 2004, principals ...

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The Nitty Gritty of the MTA Rescue Plan. Guest: WNYC’s Matthew Schuerman

Since February, medium and large employers in New York State have been required to give the Department of Labor 90 days notice before laying off large numbers of workers. The list is available online, and it's fascinating. Recent entries include cafeteria workers at the UN, MTA transit workers, ...

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Have the “stress tests” been too easy on the banks? Brian Lehrer talks with New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.

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The White House unveils measures to recapture corporate profits abroad and discourage offshoring. Guest: Andrew Schmidt, Columbia Business School.

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The probe into alleged public pension fund corruption has taken a new turn. State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says he found nearly half of all the middlemen arranging deals with the state and city funds between 2003 and 2006 weren't registered with the Securities and ...

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Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has announced he is issuing subpoenas to more than 100 investment firms and their representatives. It's a new line of inquiry in the fast-moving investigation into alleged corruption at the New York State and City pension funds.

In a conference call today, ...

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In that order. Guest: Greg David.

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A private equity group and one of its founders have been charged with paying massive kickbacks in exchange for access to the New York State pension fund. WNYC's Ilya Marritz has more.

REPORTER: The Securities and Exchange Commission and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo allege ...

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WNYC's Ilya Marritz shares an interview with former State Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

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The federal government is poised to spend five billion dollars making the homes of low income Americans more energy efficient. President Obama says it’s a smart way to stimulate the economy…

OBAMA: And safe the average working family $350 on their energy bills by weatherizing 2.5 ...

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The budget, the bailout, and the stimulus, 100 days into Obama’s Presidency. Guest: Roben Farzad, BusinessWeek.

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Should AG's be allowed to go after nationally-chartered banks? Guest: James Tierney, Director of the National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia University Law School.

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Why has the financial sector lost fewer jobs than expected? Guest: James Parrott, the Fiscal Policy Institute