Byline: Phil Brown Staff writer
Assemblyman Maurice Hinchey said Tuesday that he wants the state to raise its sales tax 1 cent, but just for a year - enough time to establish a permanent fund for land preservation.
The extra tax revenue, about $1.25 billion, would break the state's dependence on periodic bond issues to acquire lands, Hinchey said.
Hinchey, an Ulster County Democrat, offers his proposal as funds from a 1986 bond act are running out and environmental activists are banding together to call for more money.
Gov. Mario M. Cuomo is expected to touch on the need for land acquisition in his State of the State Message next week. …
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