When Governor Cuomo convinced the legislature to pass a new temporary income tax surcharge on New York's wealthiest, it was an abrupt policy change from the anti tax views that the governor had advocated as recently as October. (wxxinews.org)
Cuomo, who for months resisted renewing New York's temporary income tax surcharge on the wealthy, saying it would hurt the state's competitive edge for business, has now changed his mind. (wxxinews.org)
The union also released the results of a poll conducted by National Opinion Research that found 63 percent of New Yorkers would prefer to see a temporary income tax increase on the state's highest earners (1 percent for those who make more than $ 1 million and 2 percent for those who make over $ 5 million) over education funding cuts of between $ 800 million and $ 1.4 million. (nystateofpolitics.com)