Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On March 10th, 2017 Senator Schumer stood with Dutchess County homeowners amidst rising local anxiety, and launched a push to preserve popular, but increasingly at-risk, tax deductions that Wappingers Falls homeowners and taxpayers depend upon to keep Dutchess County’s cost of living in-check. Whether new Dutchess County homeowners, longtime owners, or those looking to buy right now, Schumer said locals are in tax jeopardy as newly-confirmed U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin has suggested threats to mortgage, state and local property tax deductions. Schumer said reductions to—or the removing of these vital tax deductions—would hit Dutchess County particularly hard, given local cost of living and higher local property tax burden. According to the Tax Foundation, the median property tax bill paid in Dutchess County was $5,788 from 2010-2014. According to the IRS, in 2014, approximately 1.9 million New Yorkers filed for the mortgage interest deduction each year and 2.37 million New Yorkers filed for the real estate tax deduction. Schumer pledged to fight any efforts that would rollback critical deductions used by Hudson Valley homeowners and taxpayers. The senator explained why this fight is so critical to families across the region.