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Statement·self record·said 2025-05-05

“The state budget contains the largest middle class tax cut in 70 years.”

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Falseby PolitiFact
2025-06-01
Reasoning

PolitiFact found middle-class tax rates fell by greater amounts in earlier years (e.g., 0.5+ pp in 1995, 1.2 pp in 2012) compared with the 0.1 pp annual decrease in Hochul's budget, so it is not the largest in 70 years.

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