Legislative Record

MAJOR BRENNAN BILLS THAT BECAME LAW


Taxes and Tax Reform
  • 1986 - Removed poverty-level New York City residents from the New York City personal income tax
  • 1988 - Removed small sidewalk vaults from the vault tax, saving homeowners and small business millions of dollars, and creating an amnesty program
  • 1989 - The Tax Loophole Disclosure Act, requiring the Governor to submit the cost of all special tax breaks to the Legislature and the public as part of the budget
  • 1995 - Extended the Partial Real Property Tax Exemption to low and moderate income elderly co-op residents
  • 2002 - Allowed public access to formerly hidden records of New York City real property transfers, enabling persons to more easily appeal property tax assessments by showing the value of comparable properties.
The Disabled

  • 1995 - Required hospitals releasing psychiatric patients to assist them in applying for health insurance
  • 1998-1999 - Initiated two major State appropriations of housing for the mentally ill, including New York New York II, leveraging nearly $200 million in new housing and 5000 new units for the homeless and seriously mentally ill
  • 2002 - Chief sponsor of the Work and Wellness Act, which became law in a broader package of health care actions (Chapter One of the Laws of 2002), enabling the seriously physically or mentally disabled to go back to work without losing their health insurance.
  • 1998-1999 - Authorized New York State ARC and United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) to receive tens of millions of dollars in new State financing to renovate their facilities.
  • 1999 - Gave the mentally ill the half-fare for subway and bus travel in New York City. All other groups of the disabled already had the half-fare.
  • 1999 - Protected autistic children from being placed in managed care

Energy
  • 1986 - Required utilities to offer time-of-use electric rates to consumers
  • 1991 - Made low-cost electric power from State Power available to New York City businesses
  • 1993 - Extended the Energy Cost Savings Program to New York City businesses to lower electric costs

Consumers
  • 1994 - Raised the jurisdiction of the New York City Small Claims Court to $3000 to help consumers
 
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The race to replace Bill Thompson (D) as New York City comptroller is already well under way, with a slew of high profile, term-limited Council members raising money and coyly campaigning.

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