Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) today chastised the Majority members of the Assembly Aging Committee for blocking legislation that would have helped our senior citizens struggling with high property-taxes. Brabenec sponsors a bill that would provide a local option for municipalities to freeze property taxes for citizens at least 65-years-old or disabled with a household income of $40,000 or less.

“I am proud to sponsor an initiative that directly helps our seniors,” Brabenec said. “We have some of the highest property taxes in the nation right here in the Hudson Valley. When Social Security and savings are not enough to escape financial instability during retirement, those who have paid into the system for decades and helped make our nation great deserve a break. Unfortunately, misguided New York City liberals have once again blocked this measure from coming before the house for a vote. Downstate politicians have little concern about property taxes because many of them rent. Their myopic policies are ruining our community and I will continue to fight for policies that benefit us all.”