Bay Ridge banker takes on Assemblyman Brook-Krasny
Banker takes on Assemblyman Brook-Krasny
A banker making his first try at public office said lowering taxes is the key to fixing New York State’s economy. Tom McCarthy, a Republican who is hoping to unseat Democratic Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny in the 46th Assembly District (Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Coney Island), said the state ranks 49th in the nation in job creation and that much of the decline is due to high taxes.
“The Democrats are more focused on milking the private sector for what they can get,” McCarthy told the audience at a debate sponsored by the Dyker Heights Civic Association on Oct. 9. Lowering taxes will spur employers to expand their businesses and hire more workers, McCarthy said.
Brook-Krasny, running for his fourth term in the assembly, countered McCarthy’s argument by saying that he, too, likes the idea of lowering taxes and that he voted to do just that. “We decreased taxes for 99 percent of the people in this state,” the incumbent said.
The debate between the two men focused largely on the economy and their backgrounds, as each sought to portray himself as a community-minded person.