Time for Albany to Hear the Taxpayers’ Voice

March 23, 2011 JLabor, Education & Pensions

"Speaking Up - Citizen Lobbying"

When: Saturday, April 16th, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Location: Quality Inn & Suites – Latham
611 Troy-Schenectady Road
Latham, NY 12110
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Support Property Tax Cap Legislation

March 02, 2011 JLabor, Education & Pensions

The New York State Assembly will be voting on Governor Cuomo’s 2% Property Tax Cap Legislation (A.3982). This same piece of legislation was passed overwhelmingly with bipartisan support in the Senate 45-17. As you know, New Yorkers have paid some of the highest real property taxes in the country, with homeowner taxes in most of the state ranging from 30 percent to 178 percent above the national average. Over the past decade, property taxes have grown more than double the inflation rate.

The Cartel Screening Coming to Seneca Falls

February 17, 2011 JEnergy & Environment

As you know, our state and country are faced with a failing public educational system.

In Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address, he declared that New York State ranks first in spending per student and yet ranks thirty-fourth overall in results.

It is not much better on a national level. American 15-year-olds rank 35th out of 57 countries in math and literacy, behind almost all industrialized nations. Yet the U.S. was the biggest spender at 7.6 percent of GDP, or $1.1 trillion in 2007.