-"Every time we pass
a bill that
reduces taxes, we take revenue out of the state budget."
is Liz Krueger's motto. Liz Krueger 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 and again voted against the Rebate Plus Act of 2007 which provides
tax rebates and establishes a blue ribbon commission for property tax reform.
- Senate Bill S. 2110-B and S. 1-A
- Voted
against doubling the STAR rebate check amounts for senior
citizens.
- Senate Bill S.5742
- Liz Krueger voted NO on a measure that would reform New York City's "421-a" tax incentive
program that encourages new housing construction.
- Assembly Bill A.4408-A
- Voted
against a freeze on property assessed values for senior
citizen homeowners.
- Senate Bill S. 6119
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Reluctant to hold school districts accountable for the taxpayers money schools
spend, Liz Krueger voted NO on a measure that would require each school district to include the percentage
of it's budget spent on instructional expenses in it's school district report
card.
- Senate Bill S. 607
- Lacking the understanding
that a vibrant business environment stimulates the State's economy, Liz
Krueger voted against the Senate's Small Business
Assistance Package, that eliminates the franchise tax for
manufacturers and provides property tax rebates to small businesses.
- Senate
Bill S.1456
- Liz Krueger also voted NO on rebates similar to
payments in lieu of taxes to encourage private developers to invest in public
infrastructure.
- Senate Bill S.1483
- Voted against legislation that would stop the Department of Motor Vehicles from issueing driver's licenses to Illegal Immigrants.
-Senate Bill S.6484
- Not recognizing that
a rape victim has a right to know if their rapist has HIV, Liz Krueger voted NO against a measure that
would require certain criminal defendants to be tested for HIV when charged
with a qualifying offense.
- Senate Bill S. 3740-A
- Not
wanting to protect those who protect us, Liz Krueger was
against legislation that would provide a sentence of death
or life imprisonment without parole to cop killers.
- Senate Bill S.319
- Understanding
that the initiation of new gang members have been know to include damaging
private property as well as rape or killing of random victims, Liz Krueger voted NO against anti-gang legislation that would make gang recruitment a felony.
- Senate Bill S.2877
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Ignoring environmental factors that cause breast cancer, Liz Krueger voted against funding for a Breast Cancer Environmental
Risk Factor Program.
- Senate Bill S.2105-B
- Liz Krueger voted NO for the restoration of $10M for security at the ports of NYC, Buffalo-Niagara,
Ogdensburg, Albany, and Oswego.
- Senate Bill S. 2100-B
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Liz Krueger looked to cut healthcare services to the elderly and the needy
by voting for $18.5M in cuts to
NYC area hospitals and nursing homes.
- S. 2104-A
