"'Perhaps the notion is that we shouldn't find creative ways to tax the middle class New Yorkers to drive them away,' Ramos said. 'We should be taxing the rich so that we can provide every single child in New York state with a sound education, starting with the universal child care.'
Even with the governor's hard line on not raising taxes, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said it's too soon for any proposal to be off the negotiating table.
'I try not to draw lines in the sand when you have to negotiate with other people,' he said. 'I'm not ruling out raising revenue because I don't know where we are yet on on spending.'"
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