Mr._NP0 Cuomo_NP0 's_POS budget_NN1 deal_NN1 also_AV0 raises_VVZ the_AT0 business_NN1 franchise_NN1 tax_NN1 to_PRP 7.25_CRD %_NN0 ,_PUN from_PRP 6.5_CRD %_NN0 ._SENT This_DT0 affects_VVZ many_DT0 independent_AJ0 proprietors_NN2 and_CJC will_VM0 be_VBI another_DT0 incentive_NN1 to_TO0 escape_VVI from_PRP Manhattan_NP0 ._SENT Both_DT0 of_PRF these_DT0 tax_NN1 increases_NN2 are_VBB sold_VVN as_CJS temporary_AJ0 "_PUQ surcharges_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ running_VVG through_PRP 2027_CRD for_PRP the_AT0 income_NN1 tax_NN1 and_CJC 2023_CRD for_PRP the_AT0 corporate_AJ0 tax_NN1 ._SENT But_CJC politicians_NN2 in_PRP Albany_NP0 used_VVD the_AT0 same_DT0 line_NN1 when_CJS they_PNP passed_VVD the_AT0 "_PUQ millionaires_NN2 tax_NN1 "_PUQ in_PRP 2009._CRD Does_VDZ Mr._NP0 Cuomo_NP0 think_VVB two_CRD decades_NN2 is_VBZ temporary_AJ0 ?_SENT The_AT0 reason_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 tax_NN1 increase_NN1 is_VBZ n't_XX0 the_AT0 pandemic_AJ0 or_CJC a_AT0 revenue_NN1 shortfall_NN1 ._SENT Mr._NP0 Cuomo_NP0 last_ORD year_NN1 pointed_VVD a_AT0 gun_NN1 at_PRP New_NP0 York_NP0 's_POS head_NN1 and_CJC threatened_VVD to_TO0 shoot_VVI unless_CJS Congress_NN1 sent_VVD more_DT0 money_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP received_VVD the_AT0 ransom_NN1 he_PNP demanded_VVD ,_PUN and_CJC more_AV0 ._SENT The_AT0 state_NN1 is_VBZ getting_VVG $_NN0 12.6_CRD billion_CRD in_PRP direct_AJ0 budget_NN1 relief_NN1 from_PRP President_NP0 Biden_NP0 's_POS $_NN0 1.9_CRD trillion_CRD Covid_NP0 bill_NN1 ._SENT Mr._NP0 Cuomo_NP0 said_VVD those_DT0 funds_NN2 will_VM0 "_PUQ help_VVI offset_AJ0 devastating_AJ0 revenue_NN1 losses_NN2 caused_VVN entirely_AV0 by_PRP the_AT0 pandemic_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ Yet_AV0 state_VVB revenues_NN2 even_AV0 before_CJS federal_AJ0 aid_NN1 are_VBB running_VVG a_AT0 mere_AJ0 0.1_CRD %_NN0 (_PUL $_NN0 47_CRD million_CRD )_PUR lower_AJC than_CJS during_PRP the_AT0 last_ORD fiscal_AJ0 year_NN1 (_PUL April-February_NP0 )_PUR ._SENT This_DT0 tiny_AJ0 gap_NN1 is_VBZ nothing_PNI next_ORD to_PRP the_AT0 more_DT0 than_CJS $_NN0 50_CRD billion_CRD of_PRF federal_AJ0 relief_NN1 New_NP0 York_NP0 has_VHZ received_VVN for_PRP schools_NN2 ,_PUN Medicaid_NP0 ,_PUN transit_NN1 and_CJC general_AJ0 budget_NN1 aid_NN1 since_PRP March_NP0 2020._CRD The_AT0 problem_NN1 is_VBZ that_CJT Albany_NP0 wants_VVZ to_TO0 shovel_VVI out_AVP money_NN1 faster_AV0 than_CJS Washington_NP0 will_VM0 backfill_VVI ,_PUN and_CJC progressives_NN2 want_VVB to_TO0 punish_VVI high_AJ0 earners_NN2 for_PRP their_DPS sin_NN1 of_PRF success_NN1 ._SENT New_NP0 York_NP0 's_POS operating_NN1 fund_NN1 spending_VVG this_DT0 year_NN1 will_VM0 increase_VVI $_NN0 7_CRD billion_CRD ,_PUN to_PRP a_AT0 total_NN1 of_PRF $_NN0 111_CRD billion_CRD ._SENT The_AT0 state_NN1 's_POS overall_AJ0 budget_NN1 is_VBZ up_AVP $_NN0 18_CRD billion_CRD ._SENT Schools_NN2 will_VM0 get_VVI an_AT0 extra_AJ0 $_NN0 3_CRD billion_CRD in_PRP state_NN1 funds_NN2 ,_PUN an_AT0 11.3_CRD %_NN0 increase_NN1 over_PRP last_ORD year_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC that_DT0 's_VBZ on_PRP top_NN1 of_PRF $_NN0 13_CRD billion_CRD in_PRP federal_AJ0 aid_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ they_PNP can_VM0 spend_VVI over_PRP multiple_AJ0 years_NN2 ._SENT Most_DT0 of_PRF this_DT0 will_VM0 inevitably_AV0 flow_VVI into_PRP higher_AJC teacher_NN1 salaries_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 new_AJ0 budget_NN1 includes_VVZ a_AT0 huge_AJ0 welfare_NN1 expansion_NN1 ,_PUN with_PRP $_NN0 2.1_CRD billion_CRD in_PRP cash_NN1 payments_NN2 mostly_AV0 for_PRP lower-income_AJ0 undocumented_AJ0 immigrants_NN2 ._SENT It_PNP includes_VVZ $_NN0 1_CRD billion_CRD in_PRP reparations_NN2 for_PRP businesses_NN2 hurt_VVN by_PRP the_AT0 Governor_NN1 's_POS excessive_AJ0 lockdowns_NN2 ._SENT That_DT0 's_VBZ on_PRP top_NN1 of_PRF $_NN0 750_CRD million_CRD in_PRP "_PUQ economic_AJ0 development_NN1 "_PUQ for_PRP "_PUQ impacted_AJ0 industries_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ Most_DT0 of_PRF this_DT0 will_VM0 flow_VVI to_PRP the_AT0 politically_AV0 favored_AJ0 ._SENT Speaking_VVG of_PRF which_DTQ ,_PUN Mr._NP0 Cuomo_NP0 brags_VVZ that_CJT the_AT0 budget_NN1 will_VM0 spur_VVI $_NN0 29_CRD billion_CRD in_PRP private_AJ0 and_CJC public_AJ0 "_PUQ investment_NN1 "_PUQ for_PRP 12_CRD ,_PUN 400_CRD megawatts_NN2 of_PRF green_AJ0 energy_NN1 ,_PUN including_PRP two_CRD wind_NN1 farms_NN2 off_PRP Long_AJ0 Island_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 250-mile_AJ0 "_PUQ transmission_NN1 superhighway_NN1 "_PUQ to_TO0 take_VVI green_AJ0 power_NN1 to_PRP "_PUQ the_AT0 parts_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 state_NN1 that_CJT still_AV0 rely_VVB on_PRP polluting_VVG fossil-fuel_AJ0 plants_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ i.e._AV0 ,_PUN New_NP0 York_NP0 City_NN1 ._SENT 
