On the home-away-from-home front earlier Tuesday, Schumer told reporters he wouldn’t allow the Trump-era cap on state and local tax deductions (SALT) to continue after it legally expires at the end of next year. After trying with allies in Congress to roll back the 2017 tax change — part of the bill that created a massive rollback in corporate taxes — no other position from Schumer would have sounded likely. It was a featured issue for Rep. Tom Suozzi in his first tenure in the House.
"One of the issues that people care about on Long Island is state and local deductibility," Schumer said, and "as long as I’m leader" it will be gone when it expires.