Someone (in Schenectady) is going to lose his driving license soon, Unless he pays those taxes he owes to the state.
Everyone read that NY is going to halt the driver's license of anyone who owes at least $10,000 to the state in any kind of taxes.
Tax warrant still exists.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
I saw that and I can't believe that this will be enforced against anyone except the struggling little people. Anyway, you can drive without a license in Schenectady because people here have grown accustomed to driving right through red lights, stop signs, speeding in school zones, parking wherever the hell they feel like it (except downtown). In Rotterdam there is a chance you might get pulled over for reckless driving, and your lack of a license will be discovered, but not here. Anything goes.
I really think the city could make a ton of money by strategically posting a video camera to catch drivers avoiding lights by driving through parking lots.
Like the Rite Aid at the corner of State & Brandywine.
The city could easily make $100k per year on that location before it died down.
Think about it - that's some real money that Galesi could use to knock down some other buildings!
Or how about just doing traffic work there? Those suburban style parking lots, in inner cities, attract bad drivers and also your criminal types. It's their natural habitat. It was very near there where a driver was pulled over for making a left turn with no signal, and a passenger in the vehicle turned out to have a warrant on him for involvement in a cop murder. It was either a trooper or a sheriff's deputy that did the stop. I have nothing against stopping motorists who have actually committed an infraction. I know police don't like to do tickets sometimes because they can get tied up in court, but the citycan really use the revenue, and also the driving has gotten really bad. Sometimes I cross upper Union Street on foot. The drivers sail right through the red lights, and they also make left turns out of Baker Avenue into a crosswalk, when there are parents crossing with babies in strollers, or the elderly aretrying to cross. I don't think the location at State and Brandywine would die down, no matter how many were ticketed. After all, somebody wanted by police was ridingaround in a car with a driver who wasn't careful to obey all traffic rules. We have a lot of people up here now who aren't even aware that there are traffic rules.
On the topic of an individual who owes a lot of taxes, supposing you are a landlord with numerous rental units in Schenectady. Perhaps when you go to court to deal with some of the undesirables your substandard properties attract, the court officials should look at how up to date you are with the taxes on your holdings. Then they should be able to tell you, sorry, you can't use the courts to enforce your rights to your profit, as you have not paid what you owe to the cost of government. This should not be able to be used against individuals with one or two buildings, IMO.
On the topic of an individual who owes a lot of taxes, supposing you are a landlord with numerous rental units in Schenectady. Perhaps when you go to court to deal with some of the undesirables your substandard properties attract, the court officials should look at how up to date you are with the taxes on your holdings. Then they should be able to tell you, sorry, you can't use the courts to enforce your rights to your profit, as you have not paid what you owe to the cost of government. This should not be able to be used against individuals with one or two buildings, IMO.
I quite like that idea. Why should the tax delinquents be able to "use" the services of government if they are behind in taxes?
Also, it is my understanding, and I welcome anyone to correct me if I'm wrong, that when one rents to section 8, that section 8 sends their share of the rent payment to the landlord.
Assuming that's correct, I think the administrator for section 8 should send the check to the city for any landlord who is behind in taxes.
Think of it, the city would collect money owed to it.
And maybe that could put scum landlords out of business because no one will pay otherwise market rents for many of the places, and the landlord can't exist on the section 8 tenant's share of the rent, so who will rent from these scumlords? Might put them out of business.
But then again, who would want to buy their properties, guess they would get taken for taxes and the city would own ore. Oh well, next idea.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
However, the initial post in this thread was specifically talking STATE taxes. (income tax, sales tax)
And there is one person we know about in the city -- a much talked about restaurant owner -- who owes quite a bit more than the $10,000 threshhold to the state and thus would lose his license. The restaurant has been referred by one annoying troll as the best place for Italian food in the city.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
Someone (in Schenectady) is going to lose his driving license soon, Unless he pays those taxes he owes to the state.
Everyone read that NY is going to halt the driver's license of anyone who owes at least $10,000 to the state in any kind of taxes.
Tax warrant still exists.
and don't forget, if you have an enhance drivers license you don't have the ability to go to canada/mexico and/or get a passport....thanks to patriot act....feel like you're free now....
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