Norwich Mayor attends press conference urging senate to take action
ALBANY – Municipal and county leaders from across New York State met in Albany on Tuesday to take part in a press conference held by Governor David Paterson. The municipal leaders, including City of Norwich Mayor Joseph Maiurano, attended to support Paterson’s call for the senate to take action.
Several critical pieces of legislation, previously passed by the Assembly, were set to expire at midnight on Tuesday unless the Senate took action.
The Senate has been at odds in the past weeks trying to determine who the president of the Senate will be. During Tuesday’s press conference, Paterson ordered the Senate back into a special session at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night to handle the time-sensitive bills.
Maiurano explained the purpose of his trip to Albany. “We were there yesterday to urge the Senate to get together and start passing legislation for the good of the taxpayers of the state. They need to work out their differences and get back to work,” Maiurano said.
According to Maiurano, several of the bills set to expire last night were critical to Norwich and Chenango County. Two of those bills included the Power for Jobs bill and a bill addressing the 1 percent sales tax that is granted to counties.
Already approved by the Assembly, the Power for Jobs Bill was originally passed in 1997. The mayor explained by not passing the bill, 370 business across the state could be negatively impacted, affecting 330,000 employees. Unison is one of the businesses that could be negatively impacted by the loss of the Power for Jobs Bill, Maiurano explained. “We need this bill for Unison and other businesses that are here,” Maiurano said. “It passed in the Assembly. It needs to be passed in the Senate.”
According to the New York State Senate web site, “The Power For Jobs program has provided hundreds of millions of dollars worth of discounted electricity or energy rebates to businesses and non-profit organizations that pledge to produce and sustain jobs within New York.” The loss of the program could double a companies energy costs.
In addition to the Power for Jobs Bill, another important piece of legislation referred to local revenue. Maiurano explained this legislation, which also expired Tuesday, provided Chenango County with 1 percent of the sales tax raised in the county. On the state level, failure to pass the bill could carry a $1.9 billion budgetary impact to local governments across New York State. “Some counties have said they would have to increase property taxes by 25 to 50 percent to make up the difference,” Maiurano said.
State Senators came together for Tuesday’s special session, however, the session was almost immediately adjourned, before any legislation could be passed.
Maiurano said the city has sent out letters to our local representatives urging them to return to work, however, the city has received no response. “It’s important for everyone that the Senate gets back to work. We have a lot going on here, and we can’t just sit back and do nothing. We must get together, figure out what the problems are and let the government get back to working the way it should.”
Maiurano urged residents to contact their local Senators and urge them to come to some sort of consensus.
Several critical pieces of legislation, previously passed by the Assembly, were set to expire at midnight on Tuesday unless the Senate took action.
The Senate has been at odds in the past weeks trying to determine who the president of the Senate will be. During Tuesday’s press conference, Paterson ordered the Senate back into a special session at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night to handle the time-sensitive bills.
Maiurano explained the purpose of his trip to Albany. “We were there yesterday to urge the Senate to get together and start passing legislation for the good of the taxpayers of the state. They need to work out their differences and get back to work,” Maiurano said.
According to Maiurano, several of the bills set to expire last night were critical to Norwich and Chenango County. Two of those bills included the Power for Jobs bill and a bill addressing the 1 percent sales tax that is granted to counties.
Already approved by the Assembly, the Power for Jobs Bill was originally passed in 1997. The mayor explained by not passing the bill, 370 business across the state could be negatively impacted, affecting 330,000 employees. Unison is one of the businesses that could be negatively impacted by the loss of the Power for Jobs Bill, Maiurano explained. “We need this bill for Unison and other businesses that are here,” Maiurano said. “It passed in the Assembly. It needs to be passed in the Senate.”
According to the New York State Senate web site, “The Power For Jobs program has provided hundreds of millions of dollars worth of discounted electricity or energy rebates to businesses and non-profit organizations that pledge to produce and sustain jobs within New York.” The loss of the program could double a companies energy costs.
In addition to the Power for Jobs Bill, another important piece of legislation referred to local revenue. Maiurano explained this legislation, which also expired Tuesday, provided Chenango County with 1 percent of the sales tax raised in the county. On the state level, failure to pass the bill could carry a $1.9 billion budgetary impact to local governments across New York State. “Some counties have said they would have to increase property taxes by 25 to 50 percent to make up the difference,” Maiurano said.
State Senators came together for Tuesday’s special session, however, the session was almost immediately adjourned, before any legislation could be passed.
Maiurano said the city has sent out letters to our local representatives urging them to return to work, however, the city has received no response. “It’s important for everyone that the Senate gets back to work. We have a lot going on here, and we can’t just sit back and do nothing. We must get together, figure out what the problems are and let the government get back to working the way it should.”
Maiurano urged residents to contact their local Senators and urge them to come to some sort of consensus.
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