Gov. Cuomo Says Mayor de Blasio's Pre-K Tax Plan 'Repugnant' to Income Inequality Argument

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BY KEN LOVETT
Turning Mayor de Blasio's argument about addressing income inequality back on him, Gov. Cuomo Wednesday said that the mayor's plan to fund a pre-kindergarten expansion by raising the city's income tax on the wealthy would actually hurt poor districts outside New York City.

It makes no sense, Cuomo said during a Capitol press conference, having richer communities finance their own pre-K programs and poorer ones financing their own.

"That's repugnant to the whole equity argument," he said..

Cuomo said that his own plan $1.5 billion five-year plan for a statewide expansion of prekindergarten programs is more fair to districts that can't rely on an abundance of millionaires to help cover their costs.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2014/02/gov-cuomo-says-mayor-de-blasios-pre-k-tax-plan-repugnant-to-income-inequality-