Skelos blasts Cuomo over extending utility tax
Photo credit: Steve Jacobs, 2010 | Senate co-leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) said the tax, known as the "18-a" surcharge, was imposed on utilities in 2009 in the aftermath of a stock market meltdown.
ALBANY -- The state Legislature's top Republican Tuesday called Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposal to extend a tax on utilities a "new tax" that hurts ratepayers and New York's attempts to lure new businesses.
Senate co-leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) said the tax, known as the "18-a" surcharge, was imposed on utilities in 2009 in the aftermath of a stock market meltdown. It is supposed...
