Small businesses are what will help turn around our economy as President Trump leaves office and we exit the most robust economy in history. Promises by the newly elected have been made to wantonly return to the mantra of raising taxes again after a 4-year hiatus. However, the 2017 tax cut under President Trump had reinvigorated the economy and freed up billions in capital for private businesses to invest in growth, expansion, job creation and product development.
So, even with proof that tax cuts, and not class warfare and pandering to keep taxing the rich (who are leaving our Town and State, see below), the elected officials continue to practice failed politics. This is the perfect time for them to recognize that deregulation, eliminating tariffs, fees and regulations and such will move our economy forward, providing real jobs with real salaries. Mr Feiner and his ilk continue to ignore what works and fall back into the same old rut they’ve been in during his lifetime tenure as Supervisor. In fact, the administration has proven to dislike the residents so much, that they’ve hidden their secret approvals for developers over the concerns of the citizenry.
Anyone who still believes Greenburgh residents (or New Yorkers) don't mind high taxes or heavy-handed governance should consider the obvious recent population estimates from the US Census Bureau or tour our Town and view the overabundance of vacated buildings displaying For Sale or For Lease signs throughout the Town. Residents are voting with their feet! Landlords are unable to sell or rent their spaces because of increased taxes. And yet Mr Feiner and his Board keep green-lighting developer’s proposals that seek first floor retail space with other renters above that. This is a failed model they simply ignore once a proposal hits Mr Feiner’s desk. They also insist on telling us that Millennials don’t own cars or drive, which is also simply is not true.
According to a report entitled NYC, Downstate Suburbs Account for Most of NY’s 2018-19 Population Dip, by the Empire Center's E.J. McMahon, New York could be on its way “to its first population decline in any decade since the 1970s.” Its headcount fell by a whopping 126,355, or 0.65 percent, to a total of 19,336,776 over the year that ended July l, the estimates indicate - the biggest drop of any state, both as a percentage and in absolute numbers.
Concurrently, over the decade, the state’s population plummeted by 41,326, or 0.21 percent, even as the nation as a whole grew nearly 7 percent. The big winners: low-taxing Florida and Texas, growing 16 percent and 17 percent, respectively, since 2010. COVID and the extreme local lockdowns from our democratic governor and mayors have surely helped drive New Yorkers to leave.
As we’ve seen and participated in during the COVID pandemic, the newly expanded work-from-home models for employees mean many won’t return to their offices – and why should they? New York’s extremely high tax burden are among the nation's highest - and state lawmakers are now racing to make it worse. Make no mistake.This exodus promises grave consequences for Greenburgh due to New York withering tax base and a loss of two of its 27 US House seats.
Get set for even less clout in Washington - and less funding from it. And, since Mr Feiner relies so heavily on grants to pay for many projects, except when he’s taxing Unincorporated Greenburgh residents to pay off his guilty-verdict fines, we don’t see much money coming through to us. Greenburgh and in particular Mr Feiner and his Board must change. Only then will we get A Better Greenburgh.
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