Nearly three-quarters of voters support Gov. David Paterson’s proposal to cap school property-taxes to no more than four percent per year, according to Siena College poll today.
Seventy-four percent of voters support the cap statewide, and 80 percent of those in the NYC suburbs want a cap. Seventy-nine percent of upstate voters want a cap.
“Statewide, support for the property tax cap is 74-15 percent, including at least 71 percent support in every region,” said Steven Greenberg, spokesman for the Siena New York Poll. “Support for the cap is strong with every party and every demographic group. Voters to pols: pass the property tax cap.”
Also, 46 percent of New York voters support legalizing same-sex marriage, and three-quarters support some recognition of same sex couples.
Sen. Barack Obama has widened his lead to 18 points over Sen. John McCain in New York in the presidential race, the poll found.
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This is great news for the people of New York. The problem with this is that the Assembly and the Senate in New York will not bring this issue up for a vote. Our representatives in both houses should be forced to stay in session thru out the summer so this issue can be voted on. We need to know how our representatives would vote on the Property Tax Cap. Giving lip service to it does nothing. We need a vote to see how each one pf them will actually vote on this issue.
Vote NOW on on the Property Tax Cap
Assemblywoman Sandy Galef is the Chairperson of the Committee on Real Property Taxation. She is in charge of the committee which oversees Property Taxes on the Assembly side in New York, she says she believes in caping our property taxes with her Circuit Breaker Bill, all this talk means nothing unless the Assembly has a vote to CAP these Taxes.
It is sad to see our representatives delaying the process and saying there is no time to vote on this issue.
People our struggling to make ends meat.
Time for talk is over – Time for action is Now.
Thats true, these guys can say whatever they want, but unless they vote on it – it will not be a law.
Very Sad – Very Sad
If this is true Sandy Galef and the other elected officals should not be reelected.
Here we go again. Session for elected officials will end in a little over a week. They work from Jan thru June, averaging around 80 session days. They earn their salary for the entire year, getting paid every two weeks. they also have health benefits, and earn retirement credit, plus always are reimbursed for travel and hotel stays. What a racket. THEY SHOULD BE MADE TO STAY IN SESSION UNTIL THE EDUCATION FUNDING IS RESOLVED, NOT RUN AWAY. What a racket they have and people complain about teachers working 180 days?
The tax cap is a start, but willl not lower our school taxes at all. What needs to be done is a different way to fund schools other than using home assesment. Do an income base tax.
Caping the Property Taxes now is a first good step. We must start small and inch our way to lower taxes.
Before they leave for the summer session they should do at lease cap the taxes.
Somers Republican you are right they make a comfortable salary and they work part time. Not a bad gig. But when they work they should do the job we send them to Albany to do.
It’s time for a TAX REVOLT!!
Anybody remember the Boston Tea Party??
The problem here is the same old problem. Bruno and Silver are resisting because they are OWNED by the unions, including the teachers unions.
Call or e-mail those s.o.b.’s and tell them they will be voted OUT if they don’t start to represent the taxpayers of NY State—a state that is sinking by the day. The reason it’s sinking is due in large part to the long-term corruption in Albany and the fact that the unions own the Albany politicians, and other politicians around the state.
The newly revealed Yonkers overtime and pensions disaster is just one example of the truth of that statement.