Senate
ORG
Senate
The governor, the Senate and the Assembly all support eliminating the so-called marriage penalty, a feature of the state tax code that can make it expensive for couples living together to marry. George E. Pataki and the Senate want to tie the credit to education. While the Senate's top priority is pushing its aggressive tax-cutting plan, the Assembly is focused on increasing school aid in light of court orders to spend billions more on New York City schools. The Senate wants to send homeowners several hundred dollars' worth of rebates, averaging $750 annually in Nassau County within three years, for instance, while the governor wants to limit the program to school districts that contain new spending, a likely disqualification for New York City homeowners.