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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Mon Dec 2, 2013, 11:05 PM Dec 2013

De Blasio Discusses Tax Proposal With State Assembly Members

By: Grace Rauh

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio met with Democratic members of the state Assembly Monday, the beginning of his fight to raise taxes on the rich to pay for pre-kindergarten and after-school programs. NY1's Grace Rauh filed the following report.

Assembly Democrats are expected to help Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio shepherd his tax-hike proposal through Albany. He met with them Monday behind closed doors to discuss the plan.

"We got a very clear vote of confidence from the Assembly members in the room," de Blasio said. "A lot of energy. A lot of willingness to help us make this a reality."

Assembly Democrats, though, were never expected to be a problem for the mayor-elect. Getting state Senate Republicans and Governor Andrew Cuomo to support his plan will be a tougher sell.

http://www.ny1.com/content/news/199670/de-blasio-discusses-tax-proposal-with-state-assembly-members

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