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As Gov. Kathy Hochul keeps making New York more expensive while pretending otherwise, challenger Bruce Blakeman just rolled out a plan that really would boost affordability.
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that → keep → affordability
Blakeman vows to slash state taxes by a whopping $35 billion, about $7,000 for an average family of four.
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Blakeman → vow → four
Low-income taxpayers would benefit most: His plan calls for eliminating state income taxes completely for single filers earning less than $50,000 and for married couples below $100,000.
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plan → benefit → 100,000
That means the average couple in 45 of the state’s 62 counties would pay absolutely nothing — zilch.
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couple → mean → nothing
The GOP wannabe also wants a break for middle-income earners ($100,00 and $500,000), cutting their top rate from about 6% to 4%.
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wannabe → want → %
On top of those cuts, Blakeman also promises to “slash utility bills in half” and “deliver real property tax relief.”
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Blakeman → promise → relief
If he can make good on even half of all that, he’d reverse New York’s status as one of the least affordable states in America.
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Consider: Under Hochul, New Yorkers shoulder the nation’s heaviest tax burden.
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Yorkers → consider → burden
Yet nearly every year she’s been in office, she raised taxes of one form or another.
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she → raise → form
Just this year, she imposed yet another stiff levy — a pied-à-terre tax on high-end city apartments.
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she → impose → apartments
And her draconian climate agenda has sent utility bills through the roof, yet she remains committed to it.
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she → send → it
Her “fight for affordability” is just gimmicks like those $200 “rebate” checks that don’t even cover one month’s increase in electric bills on her watch.
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that → cover → watch
True, Blakeman’s plan raises questions, like how he’ll “pay for” the lost revenue.
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he → raise → revenue
State spending on Medicaid, for example, has spiraled out of control, to $40 billion last year, or 27% of Albany’s budget.
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spending → spiral → budget
When you include local and federal spending, it’s well over $100 billion — more per resident than in any other state.
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it → include → state
There, too, New York spends the most in America per student.
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York → spend → student
He can save billions from both those pots.
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As of Tuesday, it wasn’t clear if Blakeman also planned to trim New York’s top rates, but that’s vital.
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that → plan → rates
Remember, high earners pay most taxes in New York: Those pulling over $1 million a year cover about 45% of the collective tax bill.
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Those → remember → bill
Yet with top combined city and state rates at nearly 15%, they’ve got a strong incentive to flee — and they’ve been doing just that, taking their tax dollars with them.
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they → combine → them
Hochul herself has begged the rich to return, yet she continues to pile on new reasons to stay away.
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she → beg → reasons
We’re eager to hear more about Blakeman’s plan, but it already offers New York more hope than Kathy Hochul ever dreamed of.
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Hochul → hear → hope
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