STOP the Unfunded State Mandates Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/stop-the-unfunded-state-mandates.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 3 Apr 2026 09:36 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr. moishe grunfeld [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22675078?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Jan 2019 01:41:24 UTC 22675078 Mr. David Goslyn [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17572619?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Jul 2014 09:45:05 UTC 17572619 Daniel Conte [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16850852?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:09:51 UTC 16850852 Phil Balantic [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16845443?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Feb 2014 05:14:59 UTC 16845443 Mr Anonymous [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16840193?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:34:59 UTC 16840193 Mr. William Van Volkenburg [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16622297?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Jan 2014 10:27:58 UTC 16622297 Cami Smith [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16259575?utm_medium=rss Our public schools are going bankrupt!!!! With the passing of the 2% tax cap local politicians promised to get relief for the unfunded mandates to no avail!!! Our public schools will now have to raise class size, cut programs and cut good hard working teachers in order to keep budgets under the cap! THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP SO SCHOOLS ON LONG ISLAND CAN BE SAVED!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THIS?????? HELP...PLEASE HELP OUR SCHOOLS AND DO THE RIGHT THING!!!!!!!

]]> Wed, 20 Nov 2013 06:31:16 UTC 16259575 Roger Scheiber [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16053631?utm_medium=rss We cannot stop the cycle of unsustainable property tax growth without real mandate relief. The mandates are like holding us over a barrel and picking our pockets at the same time. ENOUGH

]]> Sun, 27 Oct 2013 10:59:49 UTC 16053631 Heidi Christiansen [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14884033?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:43:08 UTC 14884033 Mr Guy Hohenstein [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14722062?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:45:53 UTC 14722062 Ms. Nancy Brown [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14682630?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:59:43 UTC 14682630 PAM LEGANCZUK [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14401895?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:05:53 UTC 14401895 Mr. George Woodin [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14367141?utm_medium=rss It's time to stop screwing the public and stop these mandates. The people in this county are not money trees to pick at will.

]]> Tue, 8 Jan 2013 10:49:00 UTC 14367141 Ms. Deborah Butler [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14346207?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Jan 2013 11:52:20 UTC 14346207 Anne Race [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14337570?utm_medium=rss My Saratoga County and Town 2013 Tax Bill includes an unacceptable 8% increases in taxes billed mostly due to UNFUNDED NYS MANDATES.

My future plans may be changing in regards to residing and / or owning property in NYS. Many other states taxes have always been at lease 50% less than NYS if not more. There is little incentive to stay in NYS. Any benefits received in NYS are taken away by the unfunded mandates.

]]> Fri, 4 Jan 2013 09:53:44 UTC 14337570 <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14240523?utm_medium=rss</link> <description><![CDATA[Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Marotta, Saartoga Springs, NY, United States of America]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:09:46 UTC</pubDate> <quid isPermaLink="false">14240523</quid> </item> <item> <title>Tricia Farmer [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13805577?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:24:32 UTC 13805577 Mrs. Michele Semco [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13274226?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 Jul 2012 07:17:30 UTC 13274226 CHARLENE M DANIEL [Signature #117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13045899?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:45:23 UTC 13045899 Denise Buher [Signature #116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13032064?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:58:26 UTC 13032064 Matthew Simpson [Signature #115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13024404?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jun 2012 06:22:01 UTC 13024404 Mrs Marie Lawrence [Signature #114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13018974?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Jun 2012 08:49:24 UTC 13018974 Nicole Katz [Signature #113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13018785?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Jun 2012 07:53:19 UTC 13018785 Ms Lisa Thrun [Signature #112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13018744?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Jun 2012 07:39:49 UTC 13018744 Mrs Ursula Costanzo [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12894417?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 May 2012 09:45:36 UTC 12894417 Supervisor Ralph Bentley [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12885642?utm_medium=rss Its way past time for the state to act. Real reform needs to happen today. Medicaid cost are way too high. California with twice the population costs way less than New York. We need to get rid of our caddilac plan and come with something we can afford like a VW.

]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 09:45:26 UTC 12885642 Mr. Mark Westcott [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12708694?utm_medium=rss We support your efforts for mandate relief and reform. www.enoughmandates.com

]]> Tue, 8 May 2012 09:57:32 UTC 12708694 Legislator Donald Allport [Signature #108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12692592?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 May 2012 05:24:39 UTC 12692592 Mr. Scott Baxter [Signature #107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12663199?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 May 2012 07:57:34 UTC 12663199 Janna Jones [Signature #106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12618890?utm_medium=rss my taxes are way too high we are suffocating here in NY...please stop with all these mandates you are making us pay

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:06:20 UTC 12618890 William Hartman [Signature #105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12616667?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:57:56 UTC 12616667 dan knickerbocker [Signature #104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12609793?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:50:19 UTC 12609793 mr Patrick LaRocco [Signature #103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12601503?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:03:04 UTC 12601503 Connie Cabral [Signature #102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12593014?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:02:04 UTC 12593014 Mr. David Krebs [Signature #101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12560943?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:12:14 UTC 12560943 MR Andrew Barbieri [Signature #100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12555985?utm_medium=rss what law or what part of our state constitution allows our state govt to pass unfunded spending MANDATES onto its counties ? it is so easy to spend other people's money.

]]> Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:51:55 UTC 12555985 Mr Craig Warner [Signature #99] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12471045?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:25:09 UTC 12471045 Mrs Brenda Breyette [Signature #98] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12427883?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:26:00 UTC 12427883 Ms Holly Sims [Signature #97] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12427858?utm_medium=rss Unfunded mandates, especially the Triborough Amendment must be repealed. NYS is the only state with a mandate such as the Triborough Amendment. Don't cave to special interests, repeal it now!

]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:22:12 UTC 12427858 Mr Anonymous [Signature #96] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12412253?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:18:08 UTC 12412253 Christine DeCarlo [Signature #95] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12377830?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:55:38 UTC 12377830 Ms Amanda Shults [Signature #94] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12377816?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:50:44 UTC 12377816 Stella Crist [Signature #93] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12374042?utm_medium=rss My husband and I retired two years ago.Now that we are Medicare, we are paying over 600 dollars a month for health insurance. Coupled with the high school and county taxes,we are no longer able to afford to live in our home of 28 years,even though we do not have a mortgage on it. How sad that we worked so hard to have sell and move to cheaper area. We love our home and location,but we will die elsewhere because of taxes.

]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:45:26 UTC 12374042 Wendi Brandow [Signature #92] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12374023?utm_medium=rss New York State schools cannot afford any more unfunded mandates and keep their doors open. My district is literally within two budget cycles of not being able to stay open. Within that time, with state funding and unfunded mandates remaining as is, budget cuts will start cutting into required courses and we will be forced to close. How can you let that happen?

]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:38:36 UTC 12374023 Brittany Vandeputte [Signature #91] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12373973?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:25:20 UTC 12373973 Mrs. Jennifer D'Arcy [Signature #90] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12373873?utm_medium=rss Our school districts are failing because they cannot close the gap between un-funded mandates and basic services like nurses and librarians. Please fund mandates.

]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:03:22 UTC 12373873 Mr Brian Telesh [Signature #89] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12333513?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Mar 2012 06:41:29 UTC 12333513 Mr. Dennis Hull [Signature #88] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12330067?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Mar 2012 07:20:02 UTC 12330067 Mr. Ray Lacque [Signature #87] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12283781?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:00:33 UTC 12283781 Dr. Timothy Donovan [Signature #86] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12280867?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:08:44 UTC 12280867 Ms Catherine Costa [Signature #85] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12279644?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:08:34 UTC 12279644 Dawn Shorter [Signature #84] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12279321?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:11:25 UTC 12279321 Mrs. Elaine Kinsella [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12276898?utm_medium=rss State nd Federal mandates are "padding" our taxbills and are unjust and unacceptable.

]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:12:25 UTC 12276898 Mr. Carl Gottstein [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12276793?utm_medium=rss Mandates are crushing Taxpayers ability to stay in NY. Stop the looting of NY Taxpayers. Stop the Un Funded Mandates!

]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:49:58 UTC 12276793 Mr. James P. McCauley McCauley [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12185827?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:22:30 UTC 12185827 Mr. Anonymous [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12183893?utm_medium=rss In order for NYS's Tax Cap to be realistic Mandate Relief must happen now. The 2% Cap is designed to control costs and stop the tide of unsustainable Tax growth. Mandates make the Cap very difficult to control.

]]> Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:25:38 UTC 12183893 mr. Michael D"Onofrio [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12149238?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Feb 2012 01:53:22 UTC 12149238 Mr Brian Borton [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12143794?utm_medium=rss Sat, 4 Feb 2012 02:23:25 UTC 12143794 karen pingelski [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12104758?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:20:18 UTC 12104758 Mr Stephen McNutt [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12013457?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:25:18 UTC 12013457 MRS virginia lafreniere [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12007548?utm_medium=rss enough is enough

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:46:48 UTC 12007548 Connie Farrington [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12005915?utm_medium=rss Reverse the Triborough Amendment for a start on cost control.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:21:08 UTC 12005915 Mr Francis Beninati [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12005326?utm_medium=rss unfunded mandates must be eliminated and are unconstitutional

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:41:53 UTC 12005326 Mrs Linda Hughes [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12004512?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:22:32 UTC 12004512 Mr. Lewis Bruce [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12003326?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:10:15 UTC 12003326 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11978059?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:52:57 UTC 11978059 Ms Lorraine Morano [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11956604?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 Jan 2012 08:59:45 UTC 11956604 Mrs. Pamela Wendl [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11951047?utm_medium=rss My husband and I moved here 11 years ago to because of a job transfer. We have four children. While it's been a great place to raise our children in, when our last child graduates in three years we will be moving out of the state because of the high property taxes and state taxes. We initially wanted to stay in the state..but the taxes are too much and other states are more business friendly as well. Too many other choices for us NY is not worth it!

]]> Fri, 6 Jan 2012 08:24:22 UTC 11951047 Rev. Mel McGinnis [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11757358?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:16:25 UTC 11757358 Mr Myron Annis [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11726673?utm_medium=rss The American Dream is being taken away from us and our kids and grandkids.I implore you to get rid of waste and corruption in all levels of government.Please also get rid of stifling regulations that just do not make sense and prohibit business from growingIf you fail in this mission,you will be remembered as failures yourselfs.Thank you.

]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:56:19 UTC 11726673 Mr. Richard A Balesteri [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11689475?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:10:41 UTC 11689475 Mrs. Cheryl Ritter [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11681107?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:13:38 UTC 11681107 Ms Regina Whitlam [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11680447?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:36:53 UTC 11680447 Anonymous [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11666477?utm_medium=rss Big government entitlement spending has proven repeatedly not to be the solution for economic and social problems. In fact, undermining of individual responsibility and self-initiative is antiproductive, leading to docile dependence on government, corrosion of healthy ambition, and further separation between those espousing a strong work ethic versus those unwilling to forge a path of opportunity.

]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:08:48 UTC 11666477 mary rice [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11656323?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:33:31 UTC 11656323 Ms Irene Tiburcio [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11650522?utm_medium=rss Without mandate reform the 2% TAX CAP WON'T WORK.

]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:23:22 UTC 11650522 Donald Hobel [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11649256?utm_medium=rss Add to freedom, enact a state right to work law

]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:58:47 UTC 11649256 Kevan Thompson [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11644223?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:20:30 UTC 11644223 Anonymous [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11508077?utm_medium=rss Taxed Enough Already!

]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:00:56 UTC 11508077 Mrs. Julianne Thompson [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11473047?utm_medium=rss We need local control -- So many highly educated Western New Yorkers work for low wages and get taxed on an obscene portion of their income, only have it sent into the black hole of Albany's General Fund.

]]> Mon, 7 Nov 2011 11:05:32 UTC 11473047 Anonymous [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11472614?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Nov 2011 10:00:02 UTC 11472614 Mr. David Bowman [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468669?utm_medium=rss Unfunded mandates violate the principle of home rule. The time has come for them to be eliminated.

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2011 07:55:10 UTC 11468669 Mrs Eleanor Corcoran [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11452457?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 06:03:33 UTC 11452457 Mrs. Karen Gates [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11429878?utm_medium=rss Linking Medicaid costs to income taxes will spread the liability to renters and get the responsibility away from homeowners.

]]> Tue, 1 Nov 2011 03:56:53 UTC 11429878 Cynthia Fitzgerald [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11429527?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 02:32:27 UTC 11429527 Mr. Salvatore Benedetto [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11418487?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:26:45 UTC 11418487 Paul Davis [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11416049?utm_medium=rss Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:48:15 UTC 11416049 Andrew Nixon [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11391547?utm_medium=rss Sam Hoyt addressed an audience of Chautauqua County Chamber members on 10/6 and assured us that reducing unfunded mandates would be the State and Governor's next priority. The main way for this to happen is to reduce the State's overall budget size. Hopefully, that is their plan.

]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:12:33 UTC 11391547 Mr. Todd Tranum [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11383700?utm_medium=rss The Governor and our elected leaders need to make the reform of unfunded mandates a top priority. All the positive efforts underway to grow our regional economies are undermined by the enormous property tax burden we all bare. Until the State of New York reduces the property tax burden we will not be "Open for Business". To garner competitive advantage over other regions in the US and throughout the world we must reduce taxes, reduce the regulatory burden and develop a strong workforce.

]]> Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:06:09 UTC 11383700 mrs janeane shanahan [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11347422?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:03:46 UTC 11347422 mr paul shanahan [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11346935?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:46:33 UTC 11346935 Eric Retzlaff [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10951055?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Aug 2011 11:50:23 UTC 10951055 Ms Lauren Rabeler [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10943937?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Aug 2011 09:50:39 UTC 10943937 Dianna Sherman [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10849632?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:51:23 UTC 10849632 Kathy Brown [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10848692?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:32:41 UTC 10848692 Connie Farrington [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10848560?utm_medium=rss As an example of an unfunded mandate, please immediately terminate the conjugal visitation program for NYS prisoners. NY is one of only a few states that have such a tax-supported program. We don't need it and we can't afford it.

]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:59:33 UTC 10848560 Mrs. Susan Englert [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10789480?utm_medium=rss We have had enough of of the government dictating to us as to what we must do. We are not as prosperous as we once were, so release us from "requirements" that impoverish us. We want our freedom back.

]]> Fri, 1 Jul 2011 06:41:29 UTC 10789480 Anonymous [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10773906?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:22:24 UTC 10773906 Mr. Ric Wells [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10690150?utm_medium=rss Unfunded mandates will be the death knell of the American way of life. People cannot afford to keep paying escalating property and school taxes in this state. The pyramid will eventually tip over and the system will break into pieces thereby destroying itself. This must cease and common sense must take control to correct and properly grow the system.

]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:19:44 UTC 10690150 Mr. Bradley Littlefield [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10678159?utm_medium=rss The Property Tax Cap must be accompanied by significant mandate reform if the oppressive burden on taxpayers is to be reduced.

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