Meanwhile, while he doesn’t appear to be openly campaigning, Tom Suozzi spent yesterday in Albany addressing one of the top issues, if not the top issue, facing Upstate New Yorkers—property taxes. The Nassau County Executive, who has served as Chair of the Governors Commission on Property Tax Relief, presented Governor Paterson with the commission’s recommendations.
“The report contains 32 recommendations, including a property tax cap and several additional proposals designed to rein in school districts’ costs, therefore addressing the root causes of high property taxes. Included in those recommendations are consolidation measures, mandate relief, mayoral control of school districts in the “Big Four” cities, and a STAR “circuit breaker," according to the Gov's release.
Mr. Suozzi has successfully brought the issue of property taxes to the forefront of the public debate in this state…the main reason for the creation of this blog…if he can bring a resolution to the issue—if he can bring about a cap or somehow lead legislators to address property taxes—than he will be adopted by our Upstate communities that have been screaming about property taxes since before George Pataki came into office. Yes…I go back that far…and I was part of the call for change. Unfortunately it never came and we continue to look to Albany and Washington for help. Suozzi has been looking to fix Albany and a presence in Washington will give him the platform he needs to get us the help we need.
Bring on the property tax cap and then send Mr. Suozzi to Washington. We need a Senator who will carry our cause to the Capitol.
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