2006 LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Results through Hard Work
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Passage of Real Property Tax Relief rebate
checks worth 30% of a homeowner’s STAR savings;
Passage of the $330 per-child Empire State
Child Tax Credit;
Enactment of a $72 million cost of living
adjustment for Enhanced STAR recipients;
Delivering relief at the pumps by capping the
state sales tax on gasoline; and
Record increases in education aid and library
aid for Nassau County.
THE ROADMAP OF THE FUTURE
Long-Term Tax Relief, Safer Communities
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Enactment of comprehensive long-term property tax relief
in the "Saving Our Homes" plan;
Enactment of the Medicaid Fraud Prevention and
Recovery Reform Act to protect the hard-working
taxpayers of Nassau County;
Civil confinement of the most dangerous sexual
predators;
Passage of "Jessica’s Law," which would provide
harsher penalties for violent sex offenders;
Elimination of the statute of limitations for violent sex crimes; and
Creation of the Alternative Fuel Incentive
Fund to transition away from fossil fuels.
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