Andy Cuomo tells out-of-state volunteers: 'Thanks, now pay us'

When New York needed help, Americans came together, traveled to the Big Apple, rolled up their PPEs [just kidding] and got to work. Out-of-state volunteers were there for New York.

No good deed goes unpunished, [H/T: WPIX, New York].

When the COVID-19 outbreak first hit New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Comrade Bill de Blasio put out an all-points bulletin for as many volunteers as possible to boost their health-care resources.

Thousands of people made the journey, in many cases with the aid of their employers, who continued to pay their salaries while coming to the city's rescue. The death toll was worse in number than 911 but those who volunteered back in 2001 didn't have to pay taxes to the city and state they helped.

Now that the crisis has passed, Cuomo wants to give these heroic volunteers a souvenir of their time in the Empire State — a tax bill, as reported by WPIX:

Health care workers that came to New York to help fight the coronavirus pandemic at its epicenter will have to pay state taxes, according to the governor. 

He addressed the issues Tuesday at a news conference. 

“We’re not in a position to provide any subsidies right now because we have a $13 billion deficit,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “So there’s a lot of good things I’d like to do, and if we get federal funding, we can do, but it would be irresponsible for me to sit here looking at a $13 billion deficit and say I’m gonna spend more money, when I can’t even pay the essential services.”

So, in spite of the fact that Cuomo asked people to come to New York from out of state to help them fight the coronavirus, he will have them pay New York state taxes, even on the income they made from their home state that paid them while helping New York.

You cannot make this stuff up.

This garbage was news to the volunteers, including those at Samaritan’s Purse. They had set up a temporary hospital in New York City's Central Park and for their Christian aide were blasted by secular leftists who called them haters because the Bible views homosexual behavior as a sin.

They were in New York to help, regardless of the sexual orientations of those they assisted. And no one told Ken Isaacs, the vice president of Samaritan's Purse, that the workers would create a tax liability on Day 15 that rates as one of the highest in the nation.

Isaacs told PIX 11 he was shocked to learn that workers who volunteered to come to the state would have to pay the state’s income tax.

“Our financial comptroller called me, and he said, ‘Do you know that all of you are going to be liable for New York state income tax?’ I said, ‘What?’ [The comptroller] said, ‘Yeah, there’s a law. If you work in New York State for more than 14 days, you have to pay state income tax,'” Isaacs said.

At a time when so many regulations have been waived in order to expedite ways and means of fighting the pandemic, Gov. Cuomo stands out like an ass trying to pass through the eye of a needle.

Isaacs also noted that the situation could be a nightmare for organizations and their employees as they deal with the “bureaucracy and the paperwork” that comes with filing in multiple states.

Another eye-opener for Samaritan's Purse was when NYC council speaker the execrable Corey Johnson demanded their ejection, calling the Christian community-service group “bigoted, hate-spewing” for their acceptance of traditional Christian sexuality of "hate the sin, love the sinner."

Their continued presence here is an affront to our values of inclusion, and is painful for all New Yorkers who care deeply about the LGBTQ community. 2/
— NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson (@NYCSpeakerCoJo) May 1, 2020

What a douche nozzle, not to mention how Cuomo is putting the screws to the people who helped his state at a time when it needed it most.

One can only imagine what response New York will get in the future when they need help. While Cuomo was surprised to learn that more people died who stayed at home than were out in the fresh air, he should not be surprised when he rings the alarm bell and all he hears is the sound of one hand clapping.



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