{"id":367635,"date":"2026-10-08T06:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367635\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T06:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:26:20","slug":"majority-of-new-yorkers-fed-up-ready-to-abolish-state-income-tax-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367635\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority of New Yorkers ‘fed up,’ ready to abolish state income tax: poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

They\u2019ve had enough!<\/p>\n

New Yorkers are \u201cfed up\u201d with being the most-taxed in the United States, with nearly two-thirds saying it\u2019s time to scrap state income taxes altogether, a new survey<\/a> reveals.<\/p>\n

The Empire Center for Public Policy poll released Tuesday found that 64% of registered voters are ready to back abolishing state\u2019s tax on earnings \u2014 and comes after Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman pitched a plan to effectively wipe out income taxes for most New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

\"AnThe Empire Center for Public Policy poll released Tuesday found that 64% of registered voters are ready to back abolishing state\u2019s tax on earnings. prachid \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

\u201cRegular New Yorkers are fed up and want lower taxes,\u201d said Zilvinas Silenas, president of the right-leaning Empire Center for Public Policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlbany can follow Florida\u2019s example or keep watching New Yorkers leave for Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n

Florida is one of nine states that does not have a state income tax, while New York has the highest combined state and local tax burden in the US \u2014 and the third-highest state income tax is helping fuel it.<\/p>\n

In total, 47% strongly support eliminating the income tax; 16% somewhat support it; 27% oppose it; and 9% are unsure.<\/p>\n

Support even cuts across party lines. <\/p>\n

The proposal is backed by 88% of Republicans, 64% of voters with no party affiliation, and 51% of Democrats \u2014 and also draws majority support in every region, every income bracket, and every age group.<\/p>\n

In New York City, 54% of respondents voted to boot the tax, compared with 70% in the Hudson Valley, 68% in Albany\/Central New York and Western New York, and 69% on Long Island.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile 67% of respondents say they\u2019re not getting good value for the tax dollars they do pay, compared to just 30% who feel they are.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are watching New York\u2019s social contract break down,\u201d Silenas said. \u201cNew Yorkers pay too much and get too little in return. Albany refuses to listen, so people give up and leave.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AIn total, 47% strongly support eliminating the income tax; 16% somewhat support it; 27% oppose it; and 9% are unsure. Leonid \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s high tax burden \u2014 particularly the income tax \u2014 has also become a key issue in the race for governor.<\/p>\n

Blakeman, the current Nassau County executive, vowed if elected to the state\u2019s top spot n November, he\u2019d eliminate taxes on the first $50,000 of income for single filers and on the first $100,000 for married couples.<\/p>\n

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The plan is estimated to cost $35 billion. And his proposal \u2014 to lower the tax rate from around 6% to 4% for those earning between $100,000 and $500,000 \u2014 would also need the OK from the Democratic-controlled state Legislature.<\/p>\n

The campaign for Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat seeking re-election, said she\u2019s already cut middle-class income tax cuts to their lowest level in 70 years.<\/p>\n

The Empire Center polled 600 likely voters between July 6-8. The results have a margin of error of 4 percentage points.<\/p>\n

An Empire Center poll in December 2024 produced nearly identical results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They\u2019ve had enough! New Yorkers are \u201cfed up\u201d with being the most-taxed in the United States, with nearly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1626,16170,426,57,9,24,55,54,56,2780,58],"class_list":["post-367635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-bruce-blakeman","tag-income","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-taxes","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}