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Posted by Michael549 on Sun Nov 4 23:24:52 2007, in response to Re: Staten Island Railway to get New Trains, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Nov 4 12:10:01 2007. During the debate over Staten Island secession, the issue of city provided services and the tax-base was discussed. Several studies at the time firmly established that the tax-base of Staten Island more than funds the services it recieves, and in fact Staten Island sends a surplus to the rest of the city.There were several articles about this issue in the Staten Island Advance and other newspapers. It is not the case that the city subsidizes Staten Island, but in fact the other way around. At the time, I closely followed that debate on secession, and the changes to New York City's government structure. Of all of the arguments used by opponents of secession (and there were plenty) they did concede that Staten Island does more then pay its way. Mike |
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