State pols pushing for Sandy tax break
A bi-partisan group of state legislators from Brooklyn is pushing Governor Andrew Cuomo to waive car registration fees and sales taxes for Hurricane Sandy victims who had to buy new cars after their vehicles were destroyed in the Oct. 29 super-storm.
Assembly members Nicole Malliotakis (R-C-Bay Ridge-Staten Island), William Colton (D-Bensonhurst-Gravesend) and Alec Brook-Krasny (D-Bay Ridge-Coney Island) held a press conference on Jan. 29, where they called on the governor to not only waive the fees and taxes but to offer rebates on sales tax the victims already paid to buy new cars.
The group is calling for sales tax up to $1,000 per person to be waived by the state.
“The victims of Hurricane Sandy have been left in personal and financial ruin. We must do all we can to ease the long rebuilding process,” Malliotakis said. “By eliminating registration fees and up to $1,000 worth of state sales tax for vehicle purchasers whose car was destroyed by the storm, we are extending a helping hand to those who need it most.”