Dear Neighbor,

During the 2006 legislative session, we achieved many of the goals that I laid out at the start of the year. From passing a real property tax relief program to easing pain at the pump, great strides have been made toward ending the economic burden many of us feel as New Yorkers.

While our achievements have been significant, my job is not nearly complete. As your assemblyman, I will continue to fight for lower property taxes, safer communities, job growth, and programs aimed at the development of alternative fuels.

Included in this brochure is a short survey that I encourage you to fill out and return to my district office. The strength of our democracy depends on your participation in the legislative process. I promise to carefully examine each of your responses and take your voice directly to Albany. By working together with you, I am confident that we can make the 149th Assembly District an economically vibrant and an even better place to live.

Yours truly,
Joe Giglio
Member of Assembly
149th District

• Strengthened “Megan’s Law” to increase the length of registration for sex offenders

• Passed the $330 per-child Empire State Child Tax Credit

• Secured an agreement on legislation to cap the state sales tax on gasoline

• Passed the Local Property Tax Rebate program that will provide checks equal to 30 percent of the homeowner’s current STAR exemption

• Increased aid for public libraries and public library construction projects

• Increased aid for nurse education programs to reverse the trend of a declining nurse population statewide.

Despite the successes during this legislative session, Assemblyman Giglio knows there is more to be done. Among the next steps:

• Implementing a civil confinement law for the most dangerous sexual predators

• Passage of "Jessica’s Law," which would provide harsher penalties for violent sex offenders

• Require DNA samples from all convicted criminals

• Eliminate the statute of limitations for violent sex crimes

• Limit the Corporate Franchise Tax to reverse the trend of jobs leaving the state.

1. Should New York institute a constitutional amendment to require a 2/3 majority vote in the state Legislature to raise your taxes?

2. If it would save you tax dollars, would you support the ability of city, town, or village governments to merge municipal services with a neighboring local government?

3. The New York State Court of Appeals has ruled that New York’s death penalty is unconstitutional. Do you support legislation to reintroduce the death penalty in New York state?

4. Do you support measures to combat Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse to help lower taxes?

5. Do you support the expansion of the state “DNA Database” to require all convicted criminals to submit a DNA sample?

6. Do you believe that our state should provide some form of loan forgiveness (i.e. student loan, equipment, mortgage) to encourage the continued operation of our family farms?

7. Would you support limiting landowner liability to encourage interest in traditional outdoor sports such as hunting?

8. Do you support a debt reform measure that would commit a certain percentage of the state budget surplus to pay down New York’s debt?

9. Would you support measures that allow schools more flexibility in determining how to provide a quality education?

Please tell me if you have a child in any of the following:
____ ____ Kindergarten – Grade 5
____ ____ Grade 6 – 12
____ ____ Private/Home School
____ ____ State University of New York College/University
____ ____ Private College/University or out of state school