- Craig Johnson was the only Long
Island state senator who refused to join a bipartisan effort to oppose a property tax “relief” plan that the Long Island Association said would cause “a significant percentage of residential taxpayers...to lose money as a result.” Craig Johnson’s property tax plan left out hundreds of thousands of Long Island homeowners.
- March 19, 2007 Long Island
Delegation letter to
Governor Spitzer
- Craig Johnson was the only Long Island state senator who supported a plan slashing Long Island’s share of new state school aid by nearly 40%--sending $66 million of Long Island’s school aid to NYC.
- March 19, 2007 Long Island
Delegation letter to
Governor Spitzer
- Craig Johnson voted No on a Senate tax cut measure that would have provided a total of $3.363 billion in tax cuts to property owners and small businesses in 2007-2008.
- Senate Bill S. 2110-B
- Craig Johnson voted to cut $126 million from Long Island hospitals and nursing homes. The Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council said “our hospitals simply cannot survive these deep cuts. You will see hospitals eliminate programs and services and, in some cases, shut their doors. That’s the reality of these proposed budget cuts.”
- Senate Bill S. 2104-A
- Craig Johnson’s cuts to our hospitals and nursing homes were supposed to pay for health insurance for New York State’s 400,000 uninsured kids. But his plan used less than 1% of this money to provide these children with quality health care—leaving nearly 370,000 kids without health care this year.
- SFY 2007-08 Executive
Budget
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Craig Johnson voted NO for the restoration of $10M for security at New York City ports and state airports.
- Senate Bill S. 2100-B
