Sentences with phrase «favor of the property tax cap»
«He voted in favor of the property tax cap, which is successfully keeping taxes down for seniors and homeowners.»
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``... I think the whole issue of, you know, the property tax cap and things like that that I did favor that weren't in there.
On Monday, Cuomo pointed to a new poll from the Siena Research Institute showing that 76 percent of New Yorkers favor a 2 percent property tax cap; only 21 percent were opposed to the measure.
The New York Post reported Monday that Cuomo favors raising the cap on the number of charter schools, and Newsday reported Wednesday that Cuomo would support a two percent annual cap on property taxes.
Senate Democrats, while hobbled by a mere one - vote majority, could barely contain their glee at Cuomo's strong support for some of their most favored positions: more charter schools, a tough cap on state spending and local property taxes, and opposition to a massive new borrowing scheme — all counter to Silver's positions.
Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.
State senators in favor of this bill made a three - pronged argument: property taxes have become too burdensome for middle - class homeowners; the property tax caps for municipalities outside the city have been — according to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — «a tremendous success,» as well as a job creator; and that the city had benefitted so much from uncapped property tax collections that the mayor shouldn't be surprised about the governor's proposal to shift Medicaid cost to the city.
«A majority of voters also say they would vote in favor of requiring legislators to disclose all outside income, for a property tax cap, to allow the use of medical marijuana, to allow wine to be sold in grocery stores, and to legalize same sex marriages,» Said Siena pollster Steven Greenberg.
«We're not against a cap; in fact, we're in favor of property tax relief,» said Association of Counties spokesman Mark Lavigne.
The final vote Mr. Losquadro cast after midnight Friday was in favor of a 2 percent property tax cap bill, which the governor proposed and passed in both houses.