As we watch the drama unfold around the budget planning for New York State, Nassau County taxpayers should be aware of the impact the state budget has on our wallets. Under New York State’s progressive budgeting, wealthier counties subsidize the state’s operations, with Nassau sending billions more dollars to Albany than we get back in funding.
Nassau residents help make it possible for the state to balance its budget and Albany owes it to our taxpayers to respect that contribution by maintaining fiscal discipline. Instead, the proposed state budget continues to feature out-of-control spending that will cause Nassau’s role in subsidizing the state to grow even larger.
Every year, Nassau County residents send billions of dollars to the state. You pay state income taxes, MTA taxes, state taxes on gasoline, your driver’s license, vehicle registrations, beer, wine and liquor, tobacco products, estate and real estate transfers, and more.
In 2025, Nassau sent $9.6 billion to Albany and received $4.8 billion in state funding.…