Suozzi meets with Business Council
-
- October
- 29
Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, who chairs the state Commission on Property Tax Relief, met yesterday with the 45-member board of directors of the Business Council of Westchester to discuss property tax cap legislation before the state Legislature. Afterward, directors of the Harrison-based business group said they would urge their membership to write and call legislators to support the cap, the key recommendation in the commission’s preliminary report in June. Council Executive Director Marsha Gordon said businesses need to lobby now for the cap as the Legislature prepares to hold a special session starting Nov. 18 to address the state budget crisis. Board Chairman Stephen J. Jones said that “this current fiscal crisis in Albany, I hope, is a unique opportunity to implement needed change.†The commission’s final report is due Dec. 1.
This entry was posted
on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 4:50 pm by Jerry Gleeson.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Print
| 
Email
