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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Proposals to increase income taxes on New York households making $250,000 or more are gaining support in the Legislature and among the public.
As similar tax bills progress in the Senate and Assembly, both controlled by Democrats, a new poll shows 51 percent of New Yorkers prefer raising taxes on the wealthy over budget cuts. But Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg also notes most probably don't have incomes high enough to expose them to the increase.
Gov. David Paterson still opposes the union-backed tax hikes, saying they could drive employers and their jobs out of the state.
The conservative Manhattan Institute's Empire Center says the wealthiest 1 percent of New Yorkers already pay 41 percent of all state income taxes.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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