In addition to that fund, according to the Green Party candidate who ran against Cuomo, Howie Hawkins, if New York returned to the tax rates it had when the rebate was created, 95% of state residents would get a tax cut, yet tax revenue would increase by $8 billion a year. In other words, there are cash reserves that could be tapped rather than face the horrific potential of slashing 15,000 jobs out of a state workforce of 190,000.
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