81 year old woman forced back to work as a lunch monitor at local high school to pay property taxes [View All]

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http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110106/NEWS01/101060327

Gov. Cuomo, in property tax push, turns to Irondequoit resident Geraldine Sullivan

Nick Reisman and Jill Terreri • Gannett Albany bureau • January 6, 2011

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo enlisted the help of an Irondequoit resident in his first State of the State address on Wednesday to illustrate how high property taxes are hurting New Yorkers.

Cuomo recognized Geraldine Sullivan, 81, during the address when he vowed to seek a 2 percent cap on annual property tax increases.

"Geraldine lives alone on Social Security and owns her own home," Cuomo said in his speech. "Her home value, property value has gone down and her taxes have gone up. Geraldine could no longer afford to make ends meet. What did Geraldine do? So at 81 years old she went back to work as a lunch monitor at the local high school just to be able to stay in her home and just to be able to stay in the state ..."

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Ah, the Golden Years. Do everything right. Work until you can collect a pension. Pay your house off. And then can't afford to live there because your property taxes have gotten too high. This is not right. Anyone who tries to tell convince you this is right is full of shit. Fuck that.

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