NY Democrats propose new taxes on wealthy; likely to pass legal marijuana bill
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2020 file photo, New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins addresses the media at the state Capitol in Albany. Hans Pennink | AP Photo
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Denis Slattery, New York Daily News (TNS)
ALBANY Democrats in the state Legislature put forth their budget wish lists Monday, countering some of Gov. Cuomo’s fiscal plans and indicating legal weed could become a reality soon than expected in the Empire State.
The one-house resolutions, which include billions in new taxes on the wealthy as well as mobile sports betting measures and increases in health care and school spending, will kick fiscal negotiations into high gear with less than three weeks to go until the April 1 deadline and the governor remains embroiled in multiple scandals.
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Albany, NY) Today, the Senate Majority will pass its one-house budget resolution that delivers emergency aid to help New York recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and invests in a brighter, more equitable future by fully funding essential services and putting more money in the pockets of working and middle-class families. The Senate resolution increases total school aid by $5.7 billion, provides billions in residential and commercial rental and foreclosure assistance, restores critical funding to our health care system, and jumpstarts our economy with investments in transportation and small businesses. The Senate Majority’s proposal asks the wealthiest New Yorkers to pay their fair share rather than balancing the budget on the backs of working families.
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