NY-17 Candidate Adam Schleifer Hosted Town Hall on Tax Fairness

Adam Schleifer is running for Congress to serve the people of Rockland County and northern & central Westchester County.

On Thursday evening, Adam hosted the latest of his weekly policy-focused virtual town halls to discuss to discuss his recently unveiled tax plan. Adam was joined by local activists, leaders and residents including:

• Anthony Accomando, Small Business Owner and Haverstraw Committee Member;
• Michael Dalton, President of the Fisher Hill Neighborhood Association;
• Heather Shapiro, Westchester Resident and Homeowner
• Malik Williams, Student and Concerned Voter; and
• Gigi Zeller, Westchester Resident and Homeowner.

Streamed on Zoom and Facebook Live, the Town Hall discussion focused on how after losing the popular vote in 2016, President Trump created a massive giveaway for wealthy corporations and sought to punish those who did not support him by introducing a federal cap on state and local tax (“SALT”) deductions. Trump’s unfair, unsustainable, and fiscally irresponsible tax bill disproportionately impacts the residents of Rockland and Westchester counties.

Adam also had the opportunity to walk viewers through and answered questions on his progressive tax platform. Adam's plan to ensure tax fairness and tax relief includes:

• Undo the entirety of President Trump’s tax plan.
• Remove the cap on state and local tax (“SALT”) deductions that hardworking homeowners relied on to purchase homes in Westchester and Rockland.
• Return marginal tax rates for the highest earners to prior rates.
• Schleifer will repeal the Trump corporate tax rates.
• Eliminate preferential capital gains tax treatment for individuals earning above $1 million in capital gains earnings in a given year.

For a full recording of the event, please visit the Adam Schleifer for Congress Facebook Page here.

For more on Adam's progressive tax policy to boost the Rockland and Westchester economies, please visit his website here.

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About Adam Schleifer:

Adam Schleifer is running for Congress to serve the people of Rockland County and northern & central Westchester County.Adam Schleifer, 38, graduated from Chappaqua’s public schools in 1999 and went on to attend Cornell University and Columbia University Law School, where he served as a Senior & Staff Development Editor on the Columbia Law Review. After graduating from law school, Schleifer served two years as a federal law clerk, first in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and then in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Schleifer then built a career at one of the nation’s leading law firms before reentering public service, first as a New York State consumer-protection regulator, and then as an Assistant United States Attorney. Schleifer has prosecuted regulatory and federal-criminal actions against predatory payday and subprime auto lenders; taken dangerous and illegal weapons out of communities; prosecuted crimes of sexual violence and predation; and protected our clean air by prosecuting a conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act. Adam Schleifer and his wife, Nicole, are residents of New Castle.

Read more about Adam Schleifer at www.AdamSchleifer.com.