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Tax-Free NY?
Thomas F. O'Mara
June 5, 2013
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The buzz around New York government over the past few weeks has been about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and top members of his cabinet touring upstate New York touting that they’re ready to go nationwide with this message: Tax-Free New York!
But maybe we should hold on before we go turning up the volume on that one.
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Go to Newsroom![The veterans in the front row are, from left to right: William J. Johnson of Glen Cove, Audley Coulthurst of Harlem, Wilford R. DeFour of Harlem, and Herbert C. Thorpe of Brooklyn. Michael Joseph of Corning is standing to Senator O’Mara’s immediate left in the photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/tuskegeeairemen-newweb.jpg?itok=T7UQxlTq)
!["The future of public transportation in our rural, Upstate regions is being put at risk by Albany’s ongoing attempt at a statewide, one-size-fits-all approach to these local systems," said Senator O'Mara.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/schuylerbusbannerpark4_0.jpg?itok=2N2wzZoV)
![Senator O'Mara and Assemblyman Palmesano sponsored the legislation.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/palmesano-and-omara_newweb.jpg?itok=3Egda2nl)