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Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor [of New York], called today for rapid major investment in renewable clean energy sources so as to move us to a carbon free energy system within a decade. He released his Climate Change plan, which includes a shut down of Indian Point and other nuclear power plants, opposing proposals in the State Energy Master Plan to develop up to 20 nuclear plants as a way to reduce climate change. Hawkins described a five point plan to reduce local property taxes, including a state takeover of the local contributions to Medicaid; enactment of a state single payer health care system; compliance with existing state law on state revenue sharing; and increased state funding of local schools. Hawkins plans to redirect revenue from the flawed STAR Property Tax Relief Program to target relief to those who most need it though an expanded property tax circuit breaker.
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