CBC Deputy Research Director Elizabeth Lynam testifies to a Joint Hearing of the Senate Committee on Local Government and the Assembly Committee on Real Property Taxation. To fund more appropriate taxpayer relief mechanisms the Middle Class STAR program should be replaced with an improved circuit breaker.
CBC supports the recommendations of the Local Property Tax Relief Commission. Local property taxes in New York State are far too high, and the State needs to stop forcing costs onto local communities that can no longer afford them. High local taxes are in part driven by an undue burden placed on municipalities by the State.
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