“Gov. Cuomo’s proposed property-tax hike to recoup the county’s share of Medicaid costs is as insulting as it is gutless. Everyone knows Medicaid, making up about one-third of our state budget, is the reason local taxes continue to skyrocket, and for the governor to propose sucking more dollars out of families’ pockets in the form of a tax increase is spineless.

“New York now spends more on Medicaid than Florida and Texas combined. It is ridiculous that the governor’s knee-jerk reaction is to increase taxes on his own constituents rather than audit the system to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse.

“Instead of raising taxes, he should eliminate his useless and illegal I Love NY Signs program, which costs us $8 million, or end the failed economic development and Buffalo Billion programs whose leaders are standing trial for corruption. If his goal is to make New York the most exited state in history, he surely is on the way.