STAR - Tax Relief?
The Issue
- New York State’s STAR tax relief program:
- Lawmakers are taking credit for it, senior citizens say it’s saving them money.
- What exactly is STAR? Who’s getting it- who’s not—and how is New York
State paying for it?
The Stories
 Meet
the people getting the STAR benefit first:
- Find out who qualifies- how the program works, and whether renters and businesses
qualify.
- Renee Julian reports.
- Who’s going to pay for STAR? That’s the question of the hour.
- Hear from state officials on the fiscal thoughts behind STAR and find out the rest of
the STAR story: The Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
- Elissa Marra reports.
The Panel
- NYS Senator Richard Dollinger and Syracuse University Professor, .
The Journalists
WXXI TV News and Public Affairs Staff:
Renee Julian, Gary Walker, Elissa Marra, Matt Cummings, Martin Kaufman, Gloria
Ramirez (not shown)
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