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Cuomo and Schumer Plan Opposition to GOP Tax Reform

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) launch an initiative to convince New York House representatives in both parties to vote against the GOP tax bill.

By Betsy Kim | Updated on October 24, 2017

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Gov. Andrew Cuomo oppose eliminating SALT deductions from federal taxes.

NEW YORK CITY—On the driveway of a home in Bethlehem, a suburb outside of Albany, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced their statewide push to urge congressional representatives to oppose the repeal or reduction of state and local, including property tax deductions from federal returns.

At Monday’s news conference with upstate New York homeowners, Schumer called the Republican tax proposal a “gut-punch to Rochester and Western New York’s middle class.” He noted more than 22% of Western New Yorkers used the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, and the average tax payer in the region could lose nearly $12,000 by the elimination of that deduction, alone.

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