YES!!!!
Before the Taylor Law, New York’s tax burden was 9 percent above the national average. Now, it’s 35 percent above the national average and New Yorkers pay the highest local and state taxes in the country. While private sector employees worry about whether their pension will be around when they retire, or even if they will have a pension or social security, public pensions are guaranteed by the state constitution. Step raises and cost of living increases in some cases are quarateed every year, another thing rarely seen in the private sector.

When we hear the unions have signed a new contract hold onto your wallets because we just got screwed.

WSTM.com - Is Taylor Law responsible for NY high taxes?

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York’s Taylor Law was enacted in the 1960s as the state was rattled by strikes by government workers and public school teachers from Buffalo to New York City. The law gave them collective bargaining rights to negotiate the fair pay, job protection and benefits many workers received in the private sector.

In return, any public workers or teachers who went on strike could face severe penalties, including fines and possible jail time. While the law has staved off most strikes by public-sector workers, it has also led to rising pay and benefits for members of the powerful civil service and teachers unions. Today, critics of the Taylor Law say it’s a major reason why New Yorkers pay the highest local and state taxes in the nation. This week, the Taylor Law is getting a rare public analysis in

Albany. Economists, labor leaders and political scientists will consider whether the 40-year-old law should be changed for the 21st century.