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ALBANY — With state budget talks set to heat up, Gov. Cuomo is taking his push for a “middle-class recovery act” directly to the public.
The state Democratic Party that Cuomo controls is set to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a statewide TV, radio and digital ad campaign touting the plan, which is set to begin Monday and run for the next three weeks in the lead-up to the April 1 budget deadline.
Without mentioning state Senate Republicans specifically, the ad knocks them for wanting to allow a tax on millionaires to expire at the end of the year.
“The battle for the New York State budget is on, and the choices have never been clearer,” the ad says.
It then highlights Cuomo’s plans to enact free public college tuition for families making up to $125,000, middle-class tax cuts, lower property taxes through local government service consolidations, and making record investments to public schools.
“The other side wants to give tax breaks to multimillionaires — that’s right, multimillionaires,” the narrator says. “Join Gov. Cuomo’s fight for the middle class, because we’re the ones who deserve a break.”
A recent poll showed strong support for Cuomo’s proposals.
Senate Republicans have said they are the ones who pushed for the middle-class tax cuts approved last year, while Cuomo has argued the state cannot afford to pay for them if the millionaire tax is allowed to expire.
LOVETT: Ads tout Cuomo's budget as boon to middle-class workers
The state Democratic Party that Cuomo controls is set to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a statewide TV, radio and digital ad campaign touting the plan, which is set to begin Monday and run for the next three weeks in the lead-up to the April 1 budget deadline.
Without mentioning state Senate Republicans specifically, the ad knocks them for wanting to allow a tax on millionaires to expire at the end of the year.
“The battle for the New York State budget is on, and the choices have never been clearer,” the ad says.
It then highlights Cuomo’s plans to enact free public college tuition for families making up to $125,000, middle-class tax cuts, lower property taxes through local government service consolidations, and making record investments to public schools.
“The other side wants to give tax breaks to multimillionaires — that’s right, multimillionaires,” the narrator says. “Join Gov. Cuomo’s fight for the middle class, because we’re the ones who deserve a break.”
A recent poll showed strong support for Cuomo’s proposals.
Senate Republicans have said they are the ones who pushed for the middle-class tax cuts approved last year, while Cuomo has argued the state cannot afford to pay for them if the millionaire tax is allowed to expire.
LOVETT: Ads tout Cuomo's budget as boon to middle-class workers
