Queens, NY – Today, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Member Leroy Comrie met with local residents at the Alpha Phi Alpha Senior Center in Jamaica to discuss the impact the FY 2013 budget will have on the seniors programs and other City services throughout Southeast Queens.
This meeting was one of several Southeast visits the Speaker made today, including a meeting with Community Board 13 Members and Civic and Community Leaders in Queens Village where she discussed, how under her leadership, the Council has passed a series of measures providing tax relief to small businesses, including an increase in the Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT) fixed credit on incomes up to $100,000, providing $28 million in small business tax relief, and an increase in the personal income tax credit for UBT taxes paid, saving taxpayers $35 million.
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