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Congressman Mike Lawler released the following statement after the bipartisan introduction of the Middle-Class Tax Relief Act, which would increase the SALT cap deduction for single filers to $100,000 and for married couples to $200,000. “There’s a reason New York leads the nation in out-migration and it has nothing to do with the weather. The cost-of-living is crushing families of all… Read more »

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 »

Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement upon news of a deadly shooting at a synagogue in Jerusalem that claimed at least 5 lives and left many others injured. "My heart goes out to the victims of today’s deadly terror attack in Israel’s Capital. No one should have to fear for their lives in a place of worship, yet… Read more »

Today, the House Financial Services Committee announced the selection of Congressman Mike Lawler to serve on two critical subcommittees, Capital Markets and Housing and Insurance. “I am thrilled to have been selected to serve on the Capital Markets and Housing and Insurance Subcommittees,” Rep. Lawler stated. “I look forward to working with Chairman McHenry and Subcommittee members on… 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 »

Congressman Lawler (NY-17) released the following statement after a press conference with County Executive Ed Day, Clarkstown Town Supervisor George Hoehmann, Ramapo Supervisor Michael Specht, Orangetown Supervisor Teresa Kenny, and Stony Point Supervisor Jim Monaghan to announce the introduction of Congressman Lawler’s bill - the “SALT Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.” “Hudson Valley… 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 »

[Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. POOL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES] Washington, D.C., 1/20/2023… Congressman and newly-appointed House Foreign Affairs Committee member Mike Lawler (NY-17) released the following statement after news broke that North Korea appears to be providing the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organization… Read more »

Families and seniors in New York’s Hudson Valley are facing an affordability crisis brought on by sky-high state taxes courtesy of Albany politicians, record inflation due to reckless federal spending and sagging retirement and savings accounts due to a struggling market. Making all of this even worse is the $10,000 cap on your ability to deduct state and local taxes on your federal… Read more »