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CRE Industry Responds to Cuomo Tax Plan

ALBANY-While several business leaders have lauded the bipartisan initiative as a constructive measure to spur economic growth, others say it provides little support for already cash-strapped municipalities.

By Jacqueline Hlavenka | Updated on December 07, 2011

ALBANY-As an alternative to austerity measures, Governor Andrew Cuomo has unveiled a bipartisan tax code overhaul that aims to close a $3.5 billion budget deficit through reducing taxes for middle-class residents and investing in the state’s infrastructure. The measure, supported by Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre), proposes a $690 million tax reduction for 4.4 million middle class taxpayers and more than $1 billion in accelerated funds for the state’s roads, bridges, open spaces and energy projects.

Called the “Fair Tax Code Reform,” the new rate structure would be based upon income thresholds ranging from $40,000 to $2 million. Households making under $2 million will see a tax rate reduction between 0.4% and 2.12%, while residents earning more will remain the same.

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