Which is rated Mostly True because as they say in the piece:
"So Langworthy has strong support for his claim that New York is the highest-taxed state overall.
That said, "No state has the highest, or for that matter the lowest, tax for every tax," said Richard Auxier, senior policy associate at the Urban Institute-Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center
For instance, New York’s individual income tax rates are
relatively high at a maximum of 8.82%, but they are not the highest, trailing several states, including California with 12.3%.
Meanwhile, New York’s
sales tax rate, at 4%, and
its motor fuel tax rate, at 24.6%, are relatively modest compared with other states. (Most local jurisdictions in New York do levy their own sales taxes, however, which typically pushes up the overall sales tax rate to about 8%.)"
Excuse my guessing, but you are nowhere near the highest tax brackets due to income and the higher property and school tax brackets according to percentage tend to be in the poorest parts of the state which gain the most from the redistribution of state taxes in general. Be careful what you wish for.
