A Staten Island judge ordered a halt to the city’s rollout of a new “pied-à-terre” tax, a surcharge on secondary million-dollar homes. The city’s appeal stayed the order.
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- Cities need to think beyond the payment portal to consider integration, security and user experience when implementing electronic payments, experts say.
- Liability insurance coverage for commuter railroads will increase more than 24% in less than 30 days, leaving transit agencies scrambling to find new insurance policies and the extra funds to pay for them, @RailCoalition CEO KellyAnne Gallagher said.
- @Boeing is selling three of its subsidiaries to @flyarcher in exchange for a minority stake in the electric aircraft startup, according to a securities filing Monday.
- Rising home insurance premiums are contributing to housing instability for low- and medium-income households across Texas, a recent study by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University found.
