Uhl Urges Residents To Apply For Property Tax Rebates...

...And To Apply Pressure On State, County, And Local Legislators To Lower Taxes By Cutting Costs, Eliminating Waste, And Consolidating Services

Residents in the 8th Legislative District, indeed, all Long Islanders, will receive letters this week from the NYS Department of Taxation & Finance, detailing the process for applying for the so-called STAR property tax rebate.

"Last year, residents got their property tax rebate checks automatically," said Michael Uhl, candidate for Nassau County Legislature. "This year, homeowners will actually have to apply to get what little property tax relief is being offered."

Letters are being mailed to all Long Island homeowners during the week of September 24th, with instructions on how to apply for the rebate. Information is also available online at www.tax.state.ny.us/star/2007/default.htm.

"This is the old Robin Hood scenario," said Uhl. “Only this time, it’s the middle class and the poor who are getting robbed.”

"Instead of picking our pockets of thousands of dollars in the first place," declared Uhl, "then making homeowners jump through hoops to get back a few hundred bucks, our legislators should be working on lowering the property tax by cutting costs, eliminating waste, and consolidating services. That would provide homeowners with real property tax relief, not the same old smoke and mirrors, 'into one pocket out of the other', that has permitted property taxes to literally go through the roof.

Uhl urges all residents to join him in the fight for practical solutions to the property tax crisis.

"The first step is to acknowledge that the problem of ever-escalating taxes will not be solved through either rebates or 'freezes,'" Uhl concluded. "The answer is to cut costs by eliminating waste and consolidating services across the board.

Concerned residents can learn more about the issues that hit home -- and cost dearly -- at www.uhlwin.com.