Sentences with phrase «local property tax increases»

The stats on the minimum wage increase are especially stark and comparable to the sky - high approval voters had last year for imposing a cap on local property tax increases.

This comes after local property taxes increased as a result of millions of dollars in tax breaks that the mall received.

The highlights for him include the partial repeal of the deeply unpopular MTA payroll tax, closing two budget gaps and backing a cap on local property tax increases.

Flanagan, in a lengthy statement, reiterated his support for making the state's cap on local property tax increases permanent as well as the passage of an education investment tax credit along with a lifting of the cap on charter schools.

On other tax issues, Cuomo did not take a position on a Senate Republican plan to add New York City to a law capping annual local property tax increases at 2 %.

Perhaps as a negotiating chip, Flanagan said his conference will push making making permanent a law capping local property tax increases at no more than 2 %.

Bransfield said several of the budget proposals lawmakers are considering would result in local property tax increases that would be «very harmful to our senior populations... and to low - income residents.»

Acquario was referring to Cuomo's tax cap, one of his signature achievements as governor, which has curbed large annual local property tax increases by making it harder to simply hike spending and corresponding tax rates.

The love fest following the meetings with Cuomo on Tuesday masked some of the more contentious issues the governor and legislative leaders are trying to work through, including a plan that would freeze local property tax increases.

A legal challenge to the state's limit on local property tax increases brought by the state teachers» union was tossed on Thursday by a state Supreme Court judge.

A legal challenge to the cap was first made in 2013, when the New York State United Teachers union held the limit on local property tax increases constricts both local education spending and unlawfully requires a 60 percent majority to approve a budget that increases the levy over the cap.

The Connecticut Council of Small Towns that represents more than 100 of the state's smallest communities, is seeking an override of the veto in a special session on Oct. 10 in order to avoid local property tax increases.

«Yet his proposals for cuts in aid to health care, schools and local governments will only lead to job loss and drastic reductions in services in those areas, along with local property tax increases that will hurt real people in real places.»

Young also said that a separate renewal of the state's 2 percent cap on local property tax increases remains a conference priority.

But Democrats in the Assembly are rightly startled by a provision that would require a 60 percent majority vote for local property tax increases that exceed 2 percent.

Cuomo and Senate Republicans have been aligned on a number of key issues, including keeping a cap on local property tax increases permanent, as well as a tax credit for donations to public schools and private school scholarship programs.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday approved a permanent extension of the state's cap on local property tax increases as a debate is expected to heat up in the coming weeks over the measure.

A declining number of school districts are overriding the state's limit on local property tax increases, a report released Wednesday by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found.

At the time, in remarks that drew scant notice, Nixon was critical of the state's cap on local property tax increases.

Aside from controlling costs, the cap is a useful political tool when Cuomo touts the cap on local property tax increases, even if it is an apples and oranges comparison: If the state can stay within the bounds of a 2 percent increase in spending, then local governments and school districts should be able to do the same when it comes to the amount they collect in taxes.

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.

Flanagan argues that the state at the urging of his conference has made great strides in recent years with the creation of a 2 % cap on local property tax increases and a reduction in middle class taxes.

In 2011, he toured the state pushing for tighter government ethics laws, the legalization of same - sex marriage and a cap on local property tax increases.

He opposes tax increases and his key economic victory so far — a cap on local property tax increases — has been met with skepticism, necessitating Cuomo to launch a campaign touting its benefits.

Cuomo has been at odds with public workers on several fronts, pushing for a cap on local property tax increases and reducing pensions for new employees.

Cuomo also noted that the two - percent cap on local property tax increases is «included in the rent extension.»

In response, Cuomo's team pointed to the governor's record, including increasing the minimum wage, banning natural gas hydrofracking, passing strict gun control, capping local property tax increases, legalizing same - sex marriage and directing state investments in infrastructure like a replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Cuomo, meanwhile, has worked over the last several years to shore up support from the left after a first term accomplishments that include caps on spending in the budget, limits to local property tax increases and other methods of fiscal restraint following the recession.

Cuomo has worked well with Republicans in Albany over the last four years, winning measures on socially liberal provisions such as same - sex marriage and gun control, while being able to limit spending and create a cap on local property tax increases.

The GOP conference in the Senate, meanwhile, has been pushing a permanent extension of the state's cap on local property tax increases.

The cap on local property tax increase isn't broke, so don't try to change it, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on Monday said in an interview.

State lawmakers in 2011 approved a limit on local property tax increases, setting the cap at 2 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower.

The Rochester - based Unshackle Upstate, one of the major backers of the 2 percent limit on local property tax increases, this morning blasted the lawsuit filed by the New York State United Teachers union to overturn it.

The cap on local property tax increases has been a signature economic achievement for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who often cites the measure that passed in June 2011 alongside his other legislative victories.

Duffy told Fred Dicker on Talk 1300 - AM that that a strict limit on local property tax increases should be in place before mandate relief is approved — a reiteration of the Cuomo administration's position.

For local governments and school districts, this year's limit on local property tax increases is a low bridge.

And we've also passed a new law: A tax cap that can help limit local property tax increases.

In fact, some speakers and attendees cited the governor's platform of balancing the state budget without new taxes and a bill introduced late last week to cap local property tax increases and offered grudging support.

In interviews with over a dozen state committee members, Capital heard common frustration with Cuomo's fiscal record — he blocked an income tax hike on wealthy city residents, cut corporate taxes, reduced school aid in 2011 (and slowly dialed it back up), reduced pensions for newly hired public workers and pushed for a cap on local property tax increases.

There is a reservoir of resentment among AFSCME affiliates like the Civil Service Employees Association — which represents blue - collar state workers — where officials have bristled at Cuomo's attrition of the state workforce, push to reduce pension benefits for new government employees and cap on local property tax increases.

The bills included a cap on local property tax increases and a strengthening of New York's rent regulation laws, as well as a five - year tuition increase at the State University of New York and the City University of New York.