While he slashed stamp duty for almost every first - time buyer (outside London) he conspicuously avoided provoking older voters;
pension tax reliefs remain sacrosanct, as does the winter fuel allowance and the «triple lock» on pension increases...
Still, Cuomo
remains proud of the property
tax relief enacted under his administration, including the property
tax cap that, while good for taxpayers, has left some local governments and school districts scrambling to constrain spending despite rising health care and
pension costs.