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U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler’s bill to double the deductibility of state and local taxes for married couples is the latest attempt by a New York political leader to either undo or soften the impact of Trump-era tax reforms that have penalized homeowners in high-tax states like New York. Lawler’s bill to make the state-and-local-tax deduction cap – known as the SALT cap – more palatable… Read more »

Chris McKenna Rockland/Westchester Journal News | USA TODAY NETWORK Only nine months ago, all three held other offices, two of them leading counties across the Hudson from one another. One was running for Congress but the other two had no immediate notions about moving up.h Then came a courtordered redrawing of district lines, new opportunities and unexpected campaigns. Today,… Read more »

Freshman Congressman Mike Lawler (R-Pearl River) proposed providing Hudson Valley families with property tax relief by announcing Monday legislation that would raise the state and local tax (SALT) deduction to $20,000 for married couples. The SALT Marriage Penalty Elimination Act, Lawler’s first piece of legislation since being sworn in to the House of Representatives earlier… Read more »

Rep. Mike Lawler is taking aim at the State and Local Tax cap for married people in his first piece of legislation as a congressman. "This has been a bipartisan failure, and we need a bipartisan solution to fix it,” he says. "I think this is a fair measure that we could take and frankly, all of my colleagues should support, and I encourage them to do so."   Lawler… Read more »

Bipartisan, cross-state legislation was announced Thursday to stop congestion pricing, which could cost drivers up to $23 to cross through Midtown and below. The plan was devised by lawmakers in New Jersey and New York. "We are not an ATM for the MTA," Rep. Mike Lawler said. The message agreed upon by Lawler, a Republican from New York, and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a… Read more »