LEROYPENNYSAVER&NEWS -APRIL 20, 2014
bySenatorRanzenhofer
April 2014
Byworking together inabi-par-
tisanmanner, we’ve just enacted
the 2014-15 State Budget. Not
only is the Budget on-time for
the fourth consecutive year, it’s
also the fourthconsecutiveone to
reduce taxes. More importantly,
this fiscal plan is balanced and
responsible.
The newStateBudget will help
New York to move in the right
direction and give all Western
New Yorkers the opportunity to
succeed!
For homeowners, the final
Budget will deliver property tax
relief in two important ways:
$1.5billion inproperty tax rebate
checks to asmany as 2.8million
homeowners, as well as $3.4
billion in funding for the STAR
and Enhanced STAR programs.
Homeowners’ utility bills will
also be lowered by accelerating
the phase-out of the 18-a energy
tax surcharge.
Businesses will also realize
hundreds of millions of dollars
in savings due to the accelerated
phase-out, but that is onlyoneof
the many actions taken to help
improve New York’s business
climate. The final budget plan
will helpmanufacturers by elim-
inating thecorporate tax rateand
creatinganewproperty taxcredit.
The Budget will finally address
the State’s burdensome tax code
with important tax reforms and
simplifications, inorder to lower
thecostofdoingbusiness inNew
York. Lastly, this budget will re-
duce thebusiness tax to its lowest
rate since 1968.
Each one of these tax relief
initiatives are aimed to help
attract new businesses and start-
ups toWesternNewYork, while
strengtheningexistingcompanies
to help keep them here. Now,
NewYork’s private-sector com-
panies will be better positioned,
than ever before, to invest, grow
and create jobs.
The newStateBudget will de-
liver real results for seniors too!
ThefiscalplanwillexpandEPIC,
a low-costprescriptiondrugplan,
to cover an additional 25,000
seniors. It will also allocate ad-
ditional money for Community
Services for theElderlyProgram.
These programswill benefit cur-
rent seniors, aswell as retireesof
the future.
Last but not least, the 2014-15
State Budget will help our local
school districts bymaking steady
and significant progress in ad-
dressing the damage caused by
the Gap Elimination Adjustment
(GEA).TheGEAisacontroversial
budgetmaneuver,whichIopposed
when it was enacted in 2010, that
has resulted in billions of dollars
being unfairly taken away from
our kids’school districts.
The new budget will provide
schooldistrictswithmore funding
tohelpdiminish theGEA’snega-
tive impact onmany of our local
schools. I will continue to advo-
cate for further GEA reduction
until it is abolished completely.
Fromseniors tosmallbusiness-
es, I think the new State Budget
is positive for Western New
Yorkers.To learnmore about the
importanthighlightsofnewState
Budget and how it’ll impact you
andyour family, I encourageyou
to visit my website at ranzen-
hofer.nysenate.gov.
NewStateBudget
GivesAllWesternNewYorkers
TheOpportunityToSucceed!
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Attention allHigh School Seniors
The First Baptist Church of LeRoy
is accepting applications for the
COVELL SCHOLARSHIP
,
to be awarded on June 1 of 2014.
The application
DEADLINE isMay11, 2014.
Applications are available from your
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or your Pastor or youmay call the
F
irst BaptistChurch at (585) 768-7600
and leave your request for an application.
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