Dear Patriots, First of all, thank you to all of you who contacted your State Senator and asked them to oppose the extension of the moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing in NY State. Your efforts paid off! I am pleased to report the bill is being pushed into committee where it will likely die. Thank you again… but [...]
In 2012, New Yorks new Property Tax Cap has gone into effect, effectively capping the growth in local property taxes to a minimum of two percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is less. Any tax increase above the cap will need a supermajority approval by more than 60 percent of the voters in a school district or two-thirds of the governing body in a county, city, town, village or special district.
If youre interested in learning how this bill will impact you and your family, please read the Empire Centers Citizens Guide to the new cap.
CLICK HERE TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES IN ALBANY A MESSAGE: STOP THE RGGI CAP & TRADE TAX NOW!
For the past three years, New York has participated in the RGGI Cap & Trade scheme without the authorization of the state Legislature! Already this Cap & Trade energy tax has cost New York businesses and ratepayers a staggering $327 MILLION!
Now it is up to you and me to fight back!
Americans for Prosperity will be educating citizens about this Cap & Trade scheme that threatens to drive our electricity rates through the roof and kill thousands of jobs across New York.
New Yorkers already pay the second highest electricity rates in the nation and we cannot afford this additional tax on our electricity bills!
Late last week, a group of 100 U.S. Representatives sent a letter to the so-called Super Committee urging the handpicked group of twelve legislators to consider all options for mandatory and discretionary spending and revenues in order to reach the committees goal of $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction over the next ten years. In Washington, speak this is code for raising taxes.
Five New York Republicans signed that letter: Peter King (R-NY 3), Bob Turner (R-NY 9), Mike Grimm (R-NY 13), Richard Hanna (R-NY 24), and Tom Reed (R-NY 24).
Taxation Without Representation: Cap & Trade in New York
For the past three years, New York has participated in the RGGI Cap & Trade scheme without the authorization of the state Legislature! Already this Cap & Trade energy tax has cost New York businesses and ratepayers a staggering $327 MILLION!
Now it is up to you and me to fight back!
Americans for Prosperity will be touring across the state this week to educate citizens about this Cap & Trade scheme that threatens to drive our electricity rates through the roof and kill thousands of jobs across New York.
The Taxation Without Representation Tour will begin on Tuesday, October 11 in Niagara County and continue with events each day, ending with a rally on Saturday, October 15 in Rockland County.
SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS OF TOUR STOPS AND EVENTS!
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