Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of February 26, 2018 ~ 'And the highest taxed state in America is...'
February 26, 2018
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ISSUE:
- Cutting Taxes
New York taxpayers on average pay 12.7 percent of their income in state and local taxes -- more than taxpayers in every other state in the nation do. Specifically, according to the study, New York is the second-highest ranked state in income tax collections per capita and fifth highest in property tax collections per capita.
Senator O'Mara offers his weekly perspective on many of the key challenges and issues facing the Legislature, as well as on legislative actions, local initiatives, state programs and policies, and more. Stop back every Monday for Senator O'Mara's latest column "From the Capitol..."
This week, "And the highest taxed state in America is..."
[see attached copy above of Senator O'Mara's column in The Leader on February 26, 2018]
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![Earlier today at the Bath Volunteer Fire Department, from left to right: Bath Police Chief Chad Mullen, Bath Mayor William von Hagn, Senator O’Mara, Assemblyman Palmesano, Bath Town Supervisor Ronald Smith, and Bath Fire Chief Matthew Glashauser.]](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/bathfd-grant2_newweb.jpg?itok=E75lsRI8 "At the Bath Volunteer Fire Department earlier today, from left to right: Bath Police Chief Chad Mullen, Bath Mayor William von Hagn, Senator O’Mara, Assemblyman Palmesano, Bath Town Supervisor Ronald Smith, and Bath Fire Chief Matthew Glashauser.")
