Coupling it with a giveback to favor Thruway users is an unnecessary political ploy.As so many municipalities and school districts struggle, hemmed in
by the property tax cap and only modest increases in state aid, if any at all, New York state appears flush with cash these days.
Local governments, in particular upstate cities, have been squeezed
by a property tax cap that limits revenues, declining population, and high costs for benefits for workers.
Poughkeepsie, NY... Dutchess County Commissioner of Finance Pamela Barrack submitted Dutchess County's 2013 property levy tax cap calculation to the New York State Comptroller's Office today as required
by the Property Tax Cap legislation passed last year by the State Legislature.
The New York State School Boards Association finds that many school districts are living within the limits imposed
by a property tax cap enacted two years ago.
Poughkeepsie, NY... Dutchess County Commissioner of Finance Pamela Barrack will be submitting Dutchess County's 2014 property levy tax cap calculation to the New York State Comptroller's Office as required
by the Property Tax Cap legislation.
Not exact matches
But it also left the door open for people in certain areas to prepay their
property taxes before it went into effect to get around the
cap — according to the IRS, in areas where the
property tax liability is assessed
by the local government prior to the law going into effect.
By capping state income and propery
tax deductions at $ 10,000, residents living in high state
tax and high
property price cities are getting an uppercut to the chin.
So if you can save money on your
taxes overall
by paying your
property taxes this year, when the $ 10,000
cap is not yet in effect, you should seriously consider it.
Americans in Democratic - leaning states, which typically have higher income and
property taxes, are also adversely affected
by this bill's new $ 10,000
cap on the state and local income and
property tax deduction.
The
tax rate increase request is in response to the drop in
property -
tax revenues caused
by the state
tax cap, she said.
But funding for large projects is scarce because of
property -
tax caps that strictly limit the amount
by which an Illinois
taxing body such as a park district can increase its annual revenue, he said.
One point of contention is a $ 500,000 bond issue passed this fall
by the park board just before a state - imposed
cap on
property -
tax increases took effect Oct. 1.
A host of measures opposed
by labor — the Tier Six pension overhaul and the
property tax cap — were approved.
He lived through 12 years as the loyal opposition to GOP Gov. George Pataki and Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, foiled a coup attempt
by former Assemblyman Mike Bragman in 2000, weathered Gov. Eliot «the steamroller» Spitzer and now has managed to get along with hard - charging Gov. Andrew Cuomo, largely
by giving him pretty much everything he wants from a policy perspective (even things the Dems were never expected to go along with, like Tier VI and the
property tax cap).
«
By preserving and
capping the
property tax deductions aspect of SALT, the federal government is dictating the type of taxation that states should be enacting,» said Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to barnstorm the state and deploy various members of his cabinet in an all - out effort to pass his three major agenda items
by the end of June: a 2 percent
property tax cap, the legalization of gay marriage and an ethics overhaul.
They've attacked him for raising
property taxes by 46 % as a Westchester County Lawmaker and blasted him for voting against Governor Cuomo's 2 %
property tax cap.
Skelos accused Cuomo of wanting to «water down» the 2 percent
property tax cap program bill he introduced that was passed
by the Senate earlier this year.
Firefighters, who were at the Capitol today to lobby for two priority bills, say that like local governments they are hindered
by a 2 percent
property tax cap and are increasingly running the risk of slashing EMS services if the money to pay for services isn't there.
By any objective measure, the
property tax cap has been an enormous success.»
Latimer voted «no» on the two percent proprty
tax cap championed
by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — a fact the Cohen campaign has been pushing hard throughout this race, especially since Westchester County residents pay some of the highest
property taxes in the nation.
Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, the man best known for running (through an odd twist of fate / NYS Election Law) as Carl Paladino's No. 2 in 2010, is now trying to change Albany from the outside, urging his local Legislature to reject the «sham» 2 percent
property tax cap champhioned
by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Nearly half of the 669 school districts seeking voter approval for budgets on Tuesday, May 16 are presenting spending plans that increase
property taxes as high as the 2011
property tax cap law allows, according to an analysis
by the Empire Center for Public Policy.
Nixon wants to repeal the state's
property tax cap begun
by Cuomo, and she disagrees with voluntary limits
by the governor to keep state spending growth at about 2 percent per year.
«The people of the state
by overwhelming margins want the legislature to pass a
property tax cap,» Cuomo said in a statement about the survey.
Nearly half of the 669 school districts seeking voter approval for budgets on Tuesday, May 15 are presenting spending plans that would increase
property taxes as high as the 2011
property tax cap law allows, according to an analysis released today
by the Empire Center for Public Policy.
A study
by the New York State School Boards Association finds three quarters of the state's school districts would have exceeded the new 2 %
property tax cap, had it been in effect for the current school year budget.
As the governor pointed out again yesterday, the
cap is clearly having the desired impact, as evidenced
by a sharp slowdown in
property tax growth compared to the 2001 - 2011 average.
By comparison, those governments» Medicaid payments are
capped at 3 percent increases, meaning such a
property tax limit would put a tighter squeeze on their budgets.
In the first term, Cuomo battled public labor unions over the Tier Six pension measure, cut a deal with lawmakers in the Assembly and Senate to draw their own legislative boundaries,
capped property taxes and was hesitant to embrace
taxing the rich that was called for
by the nascent Occupy Wall Street movement.
If you want to stop the rocketing rise of your
taxes, I invite you to join me and start
by backing budget cuts and real mandate relief under a two percent
property tax cap.
At the same time, Republicans have been ones running on
tax cuts, including a
cap on local
property tax levy increases and the middle - class
tax cut in the budget — a measure initially proposed
by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan.
The governor reiterated his threat to drag the Legislature back to the Capitol before the November general election — most likely in October, which is after the Sept. 14 primary — in hopes of getting the Assembly to take up the
property tax cap bill passed with bipartisan support this week
by the Senate (eight Democrats voted «no»).
«It is being portrayed
by the media that the TEA Party is supporting Governor Cuomo's budget proposal of a 2 %
property tax cap, when in reality only four groups have,» Thompson cotinued.
The
tax cap talk at the joint legislative hearing on the state budget and its impact on local governments was dovetailed
by the GOP - led Senate approving, once again, a
cap on
property tax increases for New York City.
The
tax cap, which was promoted and signed into law
by Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2011, has to date been the most successful effort to limit
property tax growth.
He says it's the only way that counties can live within the 2 %
property tax cap imposed
by Cuomo and lawmakers last year.
adoption of a real
property tax cap, as advocated
by Governor Paterson, coupled with significant mandate reform and local government consolidations - actions that would reduce the enormous size and cost of local government, and the state's crippling real
property tax burden.
In the first month of the 2017 legislative session, members filed 17 bills that would allow
property taxes to rise faster
by adding exclusions to the
cap or changing the
cap's mechanics.
He itemized and deducted $ 14,336 in state income
taxes — more than the $ 10,000
cap imposed
by the new federal law — and deducted no
property taxes.
Among the major areas of disagreement are the Senate's insistence — despite the huge deficit — on a politically popular
property -
tax rebate and a new Senate plan to lift the
cap on the number of charter schools, which is strongly opposed
by the teachers - union - friendly Assembly.
Districts are restricted in the amount of local revenue they can raise to fund school programs
by state
property tax caps, which took effect in 2012.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver this afternoon said a
cap on
property taxes and linking rent regulations were not linked but suggested that a 2 percent
cap as proposed
by Gov. Andrew Cuomo wasn't too low of a ceiling.
Cuomo was endorsed earlier today
by the business lobbying group, which cited his efforts to install a
cap on local
property tax increases, limits on spending hikes in state budgets and an uptick in the state's credit rating.
People for New York is loosely designed on the concept behind the now - defunct Committee to Save New York, which was funded
by deep - pocketed business and real estate interests in support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top policy proposals (pension and
tax reform, the
property tax cap etc.) in the early years of his governship.
But he also thinks that issue, along with the
property tax cap that is a priority for upstate and suburban lawmakers — particularly in the Senate GOP — are too complicated to forge a deal on
by the April 1 deadline.
Local government leaders have been warning that the 2 percent
property tax cap imposed
by Cuomo and the legislature last year will severely squeeze their finances, and that key programs and workers will have to be cut.
· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations
by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales
tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the
property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.
At the same time, they are also trying to beat back a
property tax cap for the city — supported
by Republicans in the State Senate — and to thwart a proposal that would give the state veto power over housing projects in the city that use
tax - exempt federal bonds.
The $ 171 million dollar budget would increase spending
by about 2 % but still falls within the state
property tax cap.