{"id":51449,"date":"2013-11-08T18:30:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T23:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=51449"},"modified":"2013-11-07T20:32:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T01:32:56","slug":"tenney-notes-win-for-new-york-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=51449","title":{"rendered":"Tenney Notes Win for New York Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tenney.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-46488\" alt=\"Tenney\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Tenney-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>(New Hartford, NY &#8211; Nov. 7, 2013) Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney (R, C, I \u2013 New Hartford) called a new law that imposes a tax cap on farmland a victory for New York\u2019s hardworking farmers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis represents a great victory for New York\u2019s farmers,\u201d said Tenney.\u00a0 \u201cFarmers in New York, especially upstate, have suffered under an incredible tax burden for years, and this new law will help relieve that.\u00a0 I am proud to have cosponsored this legislation and happy to see it signed into law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years, skyrocketing tax assessments have forced farmers to carry a heavier and heavier tax burden,\u201d Tenney said. \u201cNew York\u2019s farmers pay about $20 more per acre in property tax than the national average.\u00a0 As a result, New York has a reputation for hostility to farmers and their needs.\u00a0 This new tax cap is an important step in the process of changing our state\u2019s reputation of hostility toward agricultural business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At $38.41 per acre, property taxes for farmers in New York are currently the second highest in the nation.\u00a0 New York farmers pay $25 more per acre than the national average.\u00a0 As a result, 15 percent of a New York farmers\u2019 net income was consumed by property taxes, a figure that is again, unfortunately, highest in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh property taxes for farmers means higher prices for consumers at the market,\u201d said Tenney.\u00a0 \u201cTax relief for farmers helps keep the price of food down at the grocery store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgricultural business is the number one industry in New York and a vital part of the Upstate economy.\u00a0 I am pleased that New York\u2019s farmers are finally getting some of the tax relief they deserve,\u201d said Tenney.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(New Hartford, NY &#8211; Nov. 7, 2013) Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney (R, C, I \u2013 New Hartford) called a new law that imposes a tax cap on farmland a victory for New York\u2019s hardworking farmers. \u201cThis represents a great victory for New York\u2019s farmers,\u201d said Tenney.\u00a0 \u201cFarmers in New York, especially upstate, have suffered under an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}