Stewart-Cousins defends $8 billion tax hike for NY state budget

State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said Tuesday that raising taxes by $8 billion will help New York recover from the “cataclysmic” impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) defended the Democratic-led Senate’s proposed tax hikes on the wealthy income taxpayers, investors and corporations despite the state coffers receiving an federal infusion of $12.6 billion…