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By the time you complete your morning routine. . . NYS has spent $14 million of YOUR TAX MONEY |
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Dear Neighbor, Lowering your property taxes has always been my top priority since taking office. Until we lower spending, taxpayers will continue to see increased taxes and fees. The Property Taxpayer Protection Act will lower property taxes while continuing to provide school districts with the resources they need to educate our children. For too long, Albany has put special interest ahead of the needs of the taxpayers. If we want to return the Empire state to a place that is affordable for families and businesses, than we need to rein in spending and lower taxes. |
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Assemblyman Bill Reilich Your Fiscal Watchdog |
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Assemblyman Bill Reilich is sponsoring the PROPERTY TAXPAYER PROTECTION ACT that will reduce state taxes by $10.1 billion over a five-year period and provide $16 billion in municipality, school district and property taxpayer savings. |
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Here’s How: A. Limiting the Property Tax Burden: Out-of-control school spending is directly related to the rise of your property taxes. By limiting growth in the school district tax levies to 4 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is less, we can save property taxpayers an estimated $1.5 billion in 2008-09. This approach has already worked in Massachusetts, a state that had the highest property taxes in the 1980s and now ranks 32nd, but continues to rank in the top 5 for per pupil spending. In addition, Massachusetts students continue to outperform New York students in standardized testing. B. School District Mandate Relief: Requiring any state mandate proposed by the Board of Regents, Legislature, or Governor imposed on a municipality or school district that costs more than $10,000 a year (or has a statewide additional cost of $1 million) to be funded by the Legislature. The state would also fund 4th and 8th grade math and English testing mandated by the State Education Department. C. Lowering Property Taxes by Reducing Medicaid Costs: Provides counties with nearly $7.5 million to conduct in-depth Medicaid fraud investigation by reimbursing those who have purchased or intend to purchase data mining software. This software will enhance the ability of counties to re-coup Medicaid funds saving the state, local governments and taxpayers an estimated $4.5 billion. This legislation will also require the state to cover all optional Medicaid programs. D. Strengthening Financial Accountability and Promoting Local Government Efficiency: The newly-created office of State Inspector General for Education will have authority to investigate financial abuses in schools, allegations of corruption or other misconduct within the district, and refer the cases to the appropriate law enforcement agencies when warranted. |
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