Siena Poll: Three-quarters of New Yorkers say property taxes too high; Support property tax cap
By Mike Connery on 05/28/2010 @ 09:54 AM
New Yorkers continue to see higher property taxes and homeowners are demanding relief from Albany.
A new Siena poll released earlier this week shows just how frustrated New Yorkers have become - 75% of homeowners say what they pay for property taxes is too high and 79% say that paying their property taxes is taking a bigger piece of their budget each year.
They are right - for the past 30 years, with the State Senate under Republican control, New York has been home to the highest state and local taxes in the country.
Concern over property taxes was greatest among suburbanites in the poll, 89% of whom feel they are paying too much. And who can blame them? Under the leadership of Joe Bruno and the Republicans, property taxes rose by 550% in Suffolk County between 1980 and 2009, and by 320% in Nassau County between 1985 and 2009.
Over 75% of respondents who were homeowners expressed their support for a property tax cap that would limit the rate at which property taxes can increase. Senate Democrats passed such a bill in the Senate last year and Conference Leader John Sampson has consistently argued for billions in property tax savings for New Yorkers in the current budget negotiations. Most recently, gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo proposed a 2% property tax cap as a central part of his economic plan for New York.
Democrats have shown that we hear New Yorkers loud and clear, and we'll continue to fight for the property tax relief that homeowners across the state need and deserve.
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