Issue Position: Protecting Taxpayers Hit by the Trump Tax Plan

Issue Position

Long Island already pays some of the highest property taxes in the Country, but the Trump Tax Plan is going to make our tax burden even worse. The new cap on State and Local Tax (SALT) deductions is going to affect more than 300,000 Long Island families by effectively adding a tax on our taxes. By failing to address the need for regional costs factors when writing the tax plain, Washington ignored the realities that the taxes for areas like Long Island are much higher than the rest of the country. Purposefully or not, the Trump administrations actions will create an untenable tax burden for the middle class in New York.

Long Island is already funding more than its fair share with what we send to Albany and Washington. Our state was already sending more than $40 Billion in tax dollars to D.C than we are receiving in return. When elected, I'll fight for Long Island's fair share, and to stop disastrous proposals like the Trump Tax Plan that do nothing to help our middle class.

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