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- ↑ Sullivan, Joseph F. "POLITICS; POLITICALLY, SUMMER IS OVER", The New York Times , September 1, 1985. Accessed September 4, 2016. "He also signed a bill sponsored by Assemblywoman Marlene Lynch Ford, a Democrat, to let property taxpayers deduct these taxes from their gross incomes when figuring their income tax. This will give them a deduction of $65 to $144 on their income taxes, which, the Governor says, will cost the state $180 million."
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