Whether it’s a constituent contacting my office, shaking my hand along a parade route, coming up to me at Sunday mass or sitting next to me at the barbershop, the one issue I hear more than any other is how damn hard it is for people to make ends meet in the Hudson Valley.

The affordability crisis is real, and it’s severe.

Well, here’s some good news: The House just took a significant step toward doing something about it.

The passage of HR 1, a k a “the Big, Beautiful Bill,” quadrupled the SALT cap to $40,000 and is poised to deliver significant tax relief to nearly every home and business owner in the Hudson Valley (and beyond).

It was a hard-fought victory for middle-class and working families, already drowning under the tax-and-spend policies in Albany that have made New York the

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