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{"85288148-5056-A066-6026-047C1BBCE4C5":{"TotalRows":1,"uid":"85288148-5056-A066-6026-047C1BBCE4C5","title":"LI Septic","summary":"East Islip, NY","eventType":"chuck-around-ny","eventTypeLabel":"Chuck Around NY","date":"June 27, 2022","url":"about/chuck-around-new-york/li-septic","city":"East Islip","county":"Suffolk","lat":40.7425896,"lng":-73.17061629999999,"description":"On 6/27/22, standing alongside Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone, advocates, and homeowners, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer made a new push to fix the <a href=\"https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/bellone-irs-septic-suffolk-iy4bnwkt\">‘double taxing’</a> problem plaguing homeowners who participate in the County’s Septic Improvement Program. The Suffolk Septic Improvement Program (SIP) replaces outdated and environmentally-damaging residential cesspools and septic systems with nitrogen-reducing ones. The program has attracted rightful interest of homeowners, but now many participating homeowners have faced financial ramifications and others are not participating because of confusion and worry tied directly to their pockets — they’ll likely be taxed for receiving the grant. Schumer said the County’s Septic Improvement Program has significant environmental benefits and that the IRS had made a bad call when it decided to include homeowner septic grants as income, which Schumer has railed against before. Schumer, today, said there is new hope, however, via a USDA decision. He announced a new push that would allow USDA to rule that these grants and this program is a benefit to the environment, which is both true and helpful because it would mean the grant funds can be excluded from income. Schumer made his case, provided more details and released a letter to USDA as homeowners spoke in support."}}

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