Sentences with phrase «to propose a tax increase»
The Real Estate Board of New York is pulling together business groups across the state with the intention of fighting proposed tax increases in New York, said Steven Spinola, the group's president, at an event last night.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday proposed a tax increase on the city's wealthiest residents to fund an upgrade of the city's beleaguered subway system, a plan that critics say won't bring in the needed funding soon enough.
Miner proposed no tax increase for the third year in a row, and no increase in water or sewer charges.
Republicans who control the state Senate crowed that they rejected more than $ 500 million of proposed tax increases, including a requirement for big online marketplaces like Amazon to collect sales tax.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has unveiled his $ 65.6 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which proposes no tax increases but calls for more than 4,600 teachers to lose their jobs due to layoffs.
THE FACTS: Obama's proposed tax increase reaches farther down the income ladder than millionaires.
The topic at hand was President Ford's Whip Inflation Now, or WIN, initiative, which included proposed tax increases.
Both the PCs and NDP proposed tax increases in the recent election, but Mr. Prentice's refusal to increase corporate taxes, even symbolically, was a huge miscalculation.
Sugar - sweetened beverages are in the hot seat again as lawmakers propose a tax increase that would use the revenue to prevent, treat and research diet - related health conditions.
Further hearings will be held to give lawmakers a chance to find additional savings in the Mayor's budget proposal in their effort to keep proposed tax increases to a minimum.
Last year the County Executive proposed a tax increase.
No consistent, principled supporter of the low paid would propose a tax increase targeted at the low paid.
Senate President Says Raise Taxes on Corporations, Not People New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney, who has been cool to Gov. Phil Murphy's plan to raise taxes on millionaires, instead proposed a tax increase on corporations to boost funding for schools.
Proposed tax increases topped the agenda of the Park City Board of Education's retreat Tuesday.
In response, Heastie has proposed a tax increase on New Yorkers making more that $ 1 million, but the Senate is opposed.
Aetna made an issue last year of its presence in Connecticut when it joined other businesses lobbying Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the General Assembly to roll back proposed tax increases.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed a tax increase to help bolster transit, which is considered dead on arrival with both the governor and Senate Republicans.
The warnings by business leaders that the proposed tax increases over the next two years could force them to seriously consider leaving Connecticut sent a political shock wave through the General Assembly.
«We simply can not support these proposed tax increases that will add to the cost of employer - provided health coverage.»
«We are disappointed with the proposed tax increases in the budget agreement,» Travelers said.
«As discussed earlier, the lion's share of the revenue raised from the Lib Dem's proposed tax increases would seem to come from the very wealthy and those with very high incomes.
It is my sincere hope that the County Executive has done everything possible to respect the taxpayers of Erie County and not propose a tax increase
«In the past 47 years, I don't remember ever seeing a proposed tax increase below 1 percent,» said Joseph Dragone, assistant superintendent for business in the Roslyn district and one of the region's most experienced analysts of school financial issues.
«Their proposed tax increase would make New York City the highest taxed location in the country,» Wylde said.
While finalizing the 2013 budget, I worked with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to cut millions in spending and eliminate a proposed tax increase to create a budget that didn't raise property taxes.
State Rep. John Frey, R - Ridgefield, was the first legislator to talk publicly about GE's plans when he said he received a telephone call from Jeffrey S. Bornstein, GE's chief financial officer, about Malloy's proposed tax increases and whether GE would stay in Connecticut.
With Cuomo's proposed tax increases this year and the Democrats constant thirst to spend more, that outmigration is probably underway already.
Administration officials said the true deficit number at the start of the process was $ 4.4 billion and that keeping state spending to the 2 percent cap level — which got things down to a $ 1.7 billion deficit — took a combination of spending cuts and proposed tax increases.
The council plan was to reduce the proposed tax increase in the $ 68.6 million budget proposed for 2016.
The year before, we stopped the County Executive's proposed tax increase.
One of the biggest accomplishments was the Legislature successfully eliminating the county executive's proposed tax increase and adopting a budget that held the line on property taxes.
A majority of the Erie County Legislature announces that through strategic budget amendments, County Executive Mark Poloncarz's proposed tax increase has been eliminated in the adopted 2013 budget.
De Blasio has said he expects his proposed tax increase to raise $ 2.6 billion over five years, which would help fund pre-K and afterschool programs he's proposed.
Phil Murphy's proposed tax increases would raise roughly $ 1.3 billion a year, his spokesman told Observer on Thursday, releasing for the first time a cost estimate of the Democratic gubernatorial nominee's plans to pay for a multitude of campaign promises.
«The assembly has proposed tax increases, the Senate has proposed tax cuts, and the Governor wants to keep things the same for the mot part, but there's over $ 800 million proposed in increased taxes and fees.»
Vanderhoef's vetoes will not change the proposed tax increase.
Pointing to cost - cutting and operational improvements at the long - ailing Albany County Nursing Home, an end to short - term borrowing to pay expenses and two consecutive budgets without a proposed tax increase, McCoy argued he's steered the county out of the Great Recession.
Poloncarz says the proposed tax increase would provide more funding for libraries, culturals and other services, including summer youth programs and rodent control.
This is their time to voice their opinion on the proposed tax increase and the budget overall and let us know what's important to them.
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy today presented the Executive Budget for 2015, a $ 597 million package that proposes no tax increase and reflects the administration's efforts to cut spending and work within the tax cap.
Hence, while Lobato helped put the proposed tax increases on the ballot, the court's decisive ruling upholding the constitutionality of the current system will make it much more difficult to convince Colorado voters to open their wallets.
OTOH the lobbying done by the unions to block the «Race to the Top» funding and failure to come up with a credible application for $ 300 million in Federal funds leaves me with no choice but to say «no» to any proposed tax increases for those poor, picked on teachers.
Regardless of whether you're for or against the proposed tax increase, it's causing a lot of uncertainty among investors.
In exchange for legislators dropping the proposed tax increases that might not pass, the industry would give up a mandate that was already fully met.
In a recent poll 60 % of the Californians, famous for their tax revolt, indicated their support of the proposed tax increases that Governor Jerry Brown is placing on a referendum next fall.
Over at The Volokh Conspiracy, David Bernstein makes some interesting remarks about the impact of Obama's proposed tax increases on professionals in high - cost areas like New York City.
TREB also declared its opposition to the proposed tax increase in full - page advertisements in the Toronto Star, which were complemented by ads in community newspapers.