"New York faces a projected $34.3 billion cumulative budget gap through 2029, and federal funding, nearly 39% of the state budget, is shrinking. Every dollar that supports classrooms, subways, public hospitals, and basic services matters more than ever. As tax filing season begins, millions of New Yorkers will file returns, trusting the IRS with their addresses, income, and family information."
"In April 2025, the Treasury Department signed an unprecedented agreement allowing ICE to request taxpayer data for immigration enforcement, despite objections from senior IRS officials. A judge temporarily blocked the arrangement in November, warning it would chill filings, but not before the IRS disclosed tens of thousands of taxpayer addresses. And since May, 250 IRS criminal investigators have been pulled into immigration enforcement, helping with arrests and deportations rather than pursuing tax evasion by the wealthy."
New York faces a projected $34.3 billion cumulative budget gap through 2029 while federal funding, nearly 39% of the state budget, is shrinking. Tax return confidentiality has historically protected filer information, but a Treasury agreement in April 2025 allowed ICE to request taxpayer data for immigration enforcement, and a later court order only temporarily blocked the arrangement after tens of thousands of taxpayer addresses were disclosed. Since May, 250 IRS criminal investigators have been reassigned to immigration enforcement. Undocumented immigrants contribute about $3.1 billion annually in state and local taxes, much of it concentrated in New York City, and declines in IRS filings often lead to parallel drops in state filings.
Read at www.amny.com
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