Property-Tax Cap Supported By New Yorkers
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Nearly three-quarters of voters support Gov. David Paterson’s proposal to cap school property-taxes to no more than four percent per year, according to Siena College poll today.
Seventy-four percent of voters support the cap statewide, and 80 percent of those in the NYC suburbs want a cap. Seventy-nine percent of upstate voters want a cap.
“Statewide, support for the property tax cap is 74-15 percent, including at least 71 percent support in every region,” said Steven Greenberg, spokesman for the Siena New York Poll. “Support for the cap is strong with every party and every demographic group. Voters to pols: pass the property tax cap.”
Also, 46 percent of New York voters support legalizing same-sex marriage, and three-quarters support some recognition of same sex couples.
Sen. Barack Obama has widened his lead to 18 points over Sen. John McCain in New York in the presidential race, the poll found.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
