WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From Westchester County Association. (Edited) May 22, 2008: The Westchester County Association (WCA), the area’s preeminent business membership organization, today expressed their disappointment with the delay by the New York State’s Commission to Review Property Tax Cap to issue its report until June 3. The Commission—chaired by Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi— was originally scheduled to release its findings on May 22.
William M. Mooney, Jr., WCA President, said: “We are disappointed with this delay. We support the mission of the Suozzi Commission which is to control property tax growth in New York State. There is an urgent need to rein in property taxes that are seriously threatening New York State’s economic vitality. Waiting until June 3 will leave only three weeks for the lawmakers to review and act on the Commission’s recommendations before the session ends in late June. This will jeopardize any chances that tax relief will be enacted this year, something the taxpayers can ill afford.”
Mooney noted that the WCA’s Property Tax Reform Alliance provided testimony before Suozzi’s Commission when it held hearings in March in Tarrytown.. “We presented the Suozzi panel our findings and recommendations to help alleviate the property tax burden and we underscored how this issue was impairing Westchester’s ability to attract and retain businesses. We hope the Commission’s report will put this issue on the urgent fast track it needs. This delay hurts the chances of discussion in the current legislative session.”
