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Next Steps Show Mar 26, 2025

New York: Where Taxpayers Pay the Price, and Bureaucrats Pass the Buck

There’s a storm brewing beneath the polished press conferences and empty political soundbites. New York ranks 44th in taxpayer return on investment, and that’s not just a bad report card—it’s a gut punch to every working-class family footing the bill for a government that has long since lost the plot.

At nearly $11,000 per capita in state and local taxes, New Yorkers are paying top dollar and getting bargain-bin services. Roads crumble, public health outcomes fall behind, and half the kids in public schools can’t meet…

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