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New York State Mandate Relief Now!
This petition was published by BEST4NY (Better Education and Smarter Taxation 4 New York) on Mar 20, 2012
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and all Senators/Assemblymen in the NYS Legislature,
In June, 2011, you enacted a 2% property tax cap. This will help control property taxes. But a tax cap without meaningful mandate relief isn’t enough.
The tax cap is bitter medicine which you imposed on NYS voters and local governments - county legislatures, school boards, town boards. Your tax cap forces us and local governments to cut our spending in our local communities and local budgets. But you won't take the same bitter medicine you force on us. You refuse to cut your state spending, though you force us to cut our local spending. The tax cap does not limit or freeze increases in the mandated state spending which the Legislature has inserted in our local budgets. You impose fiscal responsibility on us, but continue your own fiscal irresponsibility.
For years the NYS Legislature has ignored urgent and repeated requests by county legislators, school board members, and town board members to control the excessive, mandated state spending which the Legislature inserts into local budgets. This must stop. You must do what you force us to do. Cut your spending as well as ours.
At election time, you request our support. But support between elected officials and voters is a two way street. If you want our support, then support our request for mandate relief now. If you don’t, we will support other candidates who will.
We, the undersigned registered voters and residents of the State of New York, want you to provide meaningful mandate relief now.
In June, 2011, you enacted a 2% property tax cap. This will help control property taxes. But a tax cap without meaningful mandate relief isn’t enough.
The tax cap is bitter medicine which you imposed on NYS voters and local governments - county legislatures, school boards, town boards. Your tax cap forces us and local governments to cut our spending in our local communities and local budgets. But you won't take the same bitter medicine you force on us. You refuse to cut your state spending, though you force us to cut our local spending. The tax cap does not limit or freeze increases in the mandated state spending which the Legislature has inserted in our local budgets. You impose fiscal responsibility on us, but continue your own fiscal irresponsibility.
For years the NYS Legislature has ignored urgent and repeated requests by county legislators, school board members, and town board members to control the excessive, mandated state spending which the Legislature inserts into local budgets. This must stop. You must do what you force us to do. Cut your spending as well as ours.
At election time, you request our support. But support between elected officials and voters is a two way street. If you want our support, then support our request for mandate relief now. If you don’t, we will support other candidates who will.
We, the undersigned registered voters and residents of the State of New York, want you to provide meaningful mandate relief now.
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