State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez has welcomed the state Senate’s passage of its one-house budget resolution, which includes plans to raise the tax rate on New York’s highest earners and raise the state’s top corporate tax rate from 7.25% to 9%.
The budget resolution, which signal the start of budget negotiations between the Senate, Assembly and Gov. Kathy Hochul, was released late Monday night and outlines the Senate’s priorities ahead of the Apil 1 deadline.
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