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| Albany Strikes Deal on a Budget That Sidesteps Trump’s Tax Plan | |
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| ALBANY — After months of promises to defy Washington and blaze a progressive trail, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Friday announced a deal on a new state budget that would grant New Yorkers some protection from the Republican-steered federal tax plan, pour a quarter-billion dollars into public housing projects and enact a raft of new sexual harassment policies. | ALBANY — After months of promises to defy Washington and blaze a progressive trail, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Friday announced a deal on a new state budget that would grant New Yorkers some protection from the Republican-steered federal tax plan, pour a quarter-billion dollars into public housing projects and enact a raft of new sexual harassment policies. |
| The agreement, coming after several days of negotiations with little noticeable progress, was a victory for Mr. Cuomo, who is rumored to have presidential aspirations, and who made his scorn for President Trump’s policies — particularly the federal tax plan — a centerpiece of his State of the State and budget addresses in January, and in speeches ever since. | The agreement, coming after several days of negotiations with little noticeable progress, was a victory for Mr. Cuomo, who is rumored to have presidential aspirations, and who made his scorn for President Trump’s policies — particularly the federal tax plan — a centerpiece of his State of the State and budget addresses in January, and in speeches ever since. |
| “We’re under attack by the federal government,” Mr. Cuomo said on Friday night, sitting in the ceremonial Red Room in the State Capitol. | “We’re under attack by the federal government,” Mr. Cuomo said on Friday night, sitting in the ceremonial Red Room in the State Capitol. |
| As he had done for months, the governor singled out a cap on deductibility of state, local and property taxes, a major issue in his high-tax state, and something he referred to as “an arrow aimed at the economic heart of New York.” | As he had done for months, the governor singled out a cap on deductibility of state, local and property taxes, a major issue in his high-tax state, and something he referred to as “an arrow aimed at the economic heart of New York.” |
| Mr. Cuomo’s vivid rhetoric belied the more muted reality of the budget language, which provided for an optional employer-side payroll tax to replace an employee-side state income tax, and the ability for localities to establish charities to funnel property tax payments to schools, allowing such payments to be deductible on residents’ federal returns. | Mr. Cuomo’s vivid rhetoric belied the more muted reality of the budget language, which provided for an optional employer-side payroll tax to replace an employee-side state income tax, and the ability for localities to establish charities to funnel property tax payments to schools, allowing such payments to be deductible on residents’ federal returns. |
| Mr. Cuomo seemed to acknowledge that his maneuvers could only do so much, saying his priority going forward would be to overturn that part of the new federal tax law. | Mr. Cuomo seemed to acknowledge that his maneuvers could only do so much, saying his priority going forward would be to overturn that part of the new federal tax law. |
| “This provision hurts every New Yorker, period,” he said. “The ultimate solution is repeal.” | “This provision hurts every New Yorker, period,” he said. “The ultimate solution is repeal.” |
| Many of the elements in the massive $168 billion budget deal were scaled-back versions of promises Mr. Cuomo had laid out over the past few months. Indeed, as budget negotiations — which are conducted behind closed doors between the governor and three top legislative leaders, out of sight of even other lawmakers — unfolded over the past week, it became increasingly clear that the Legislature would punt policy issues such as gun control or criminal justice reform to after the budget’s April 1 deadline, in favor of financial considerations. Republicans in the State Senate, control of which is expected to hotly contested this fall, had fought hard against any new taxes and fees and were able to claim a win on that account, as well as many deferred social policies. | Many of the elements in the massive $168 billion budget deal were scaled-back versions of promises Mr. Cuomo had laid out over the past few months. Indeed, as budget negotiations — which are conducted behind closed doors between the governor and three top legislative leaders, out of sight of even other lawmakers — unfolded over the past week, it became increasingly clear that the Legislature would punt policy issues such as gun control or criminal justice reform to after the budget’s April 1 deadline, in favor of financial considerations. Republicans in the State Senate, control of which is expected to hotly contested this fall, had fought hard against any new taxes and fees and were able to claim a win on that account, as well as many deferred social policies. |
| Still, the spending plan, which will be rushed to legislators for review and voting before the looming April 1 deadline and a weekend of religious holidays, had much to celebrate for the governor, coming in on time amid a $4 billion state deficit and the prospect of additional federal cuts, a possibility that Mr. Cuomo has angrily blasted in recent months. | Still, the spending plan, which will be rushed to legislators for review and voting before the looming April 1 deadline and a weekend of religious holidays, had much to celebrate for the governor, coming in on time amid a $4 billion state deficit and the prospect of additional federal cuts, a possibility that Mr. Cuomo has angrily blasted in recent months. |