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Action Alert: Tuition Tax Deduction (New York State)
March 20, 2007
Attention residents of New York: Take
Action to receive a historic tax deduction for private school education!
Urge Governor Spitzer and your Legislators this week to keep the Tuition Tax
Deduction in the final State Budget!
Does the Cost of Yeshiva Tuition upset you?
Governor Spitzer and the New York State Senate are proposing a Tuition Tax Deduction of $1,000 per child to help families who are working hard to pay their private school tuition. This is a historic policy change. It is the first time in New York State history that the State will recognize a parent's right to, and sacrifice in, choosing the best education for their children. This proposal is even more important as it could set a precedent for future State budgets.
Special interests, like the state teachers' union, are pressuring your representatives to get rid of it. They are running radio ads and buying up billboard space - even as the Governor and Legislature are giving them billions in new funding of their own.
Do not let special interests keep you from getting this tax break!
Time is running out. The State Budget is supposed to be adopted by March 31.
Call or e-mail your legislators and the Governor TODAY Insist that the Tuition Tax Deduction be included in the final State Budget.
The teachers' unions are spending thousands and thousands of dollars to convince legislators not to help you. Your legislator must hear from their constituents. They must hear from you.
Use the sample below. To find your State Senator click here. To find your Assemblymember click here.
Dear Governor Spitzer (Dear Senator __________, Dear Assemblymember
_____________,) This year's proposed budget adds a record $7 billion in
additional funds to public schools. The proposed budget also provides a modest
yet historic tax deduction for families working hard to pay tuition. This tax
deductionis urgently needed and is a matter of fairness. Any parent,
regardless of income, should be allowed the opportunity to selecttheir child's
school, including a religious school. I urge you to help all children in all
schools by fighting to include the Tuition Tax Deduction in the final State
Budget. Please let me know I can count on you to stand up for the average New
Yorker against the special interests.
Sincerely,
Addresses & Phone Numbers:
Governor Eliot Spitzer, State Capitol, Albany, New York 12224 PHONE:
518-474-8390
Senator _____________, State Capitol, Albany, New York, 12247 PHONE:
518-455-2800 - (Senate Operator)
Assembly member ______, State Capital, Albany, New York 12248 PHONE:
518-455-4100 - (Assm. Operator)
Howie
Beigelman
Deputy
Director of Public Policy
Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
(212) 613-8123
Howieb@ou.org
www.ou.org
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