Sentences with phrase «unfunded state mandates make»

Unfunded state mandates make local property taxes pay for 7 % of state programs.

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ALBANY, NY (01/05/2011)(readMedia)-- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the signing of an Executive Order to create a team of private and public sector individuals charged with finding ways to cut the unfunded and underfunded mandates that help make New York one of the most taxed states in the nation.

Cuomo made no mention of what localities have been pressing Albany to address for years: the rising number of unfunded services mandated by the state but paid for by local governments.

School districts, teachers unions and local government officials are concerned that the cap was passed without a real effort at chipping away at unfunded state mandates, while the Cuomo team argues that once the cap is in place, governments and school boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential services.

The mayor of the city of Oswego says in general he supports Cuomo's budget plan for 2014, but the city's Common Councilors say rising costs and unfunded mandates make it hard to stay within the state's two percent tax cap.

In his 2010 campaign book, the New NY Agenda, Cuomo called for making schools more efficient — notably by removing unfunded mandates, requirements the state puts on district but does not pay them to meet — and for an increase in charter schools.