Following an increase in the State gas tax, for which Leggett was a longtime advocate, Leggett win more than $1 billion in State funding for County transportation projects.
But an increase in the state income tax?
It guarantees the over 65s a 2.5% increase in the state pension regardless of inflation.
The laws have contributed to a fivefold increase in the state prison population since 1973.
His proposal for a graduated increase in the state income tax could provide additional education money.
The plan included a temporary increase in the state income tax and new taxes on tobacco and businesses.
The biggest increase in the state, 29.6 percent, was in the Western District, which includes Buffalo and Rochester.
But the largest percentage increase in the state prison population was in Iowa, up 7.3%, followed by Illinois, up 7.2%.
Mr. Quinn has called for an increase in the state income tax to close the state's deficit.
But it still put the annual rate of increase in the state at 10.93 percent, versus a national average of 7.71percentt.
In previous interviews, he has not ruled out the possibility of seeking an increase in the state capital gains tax, something none of his Democratic opponents have touched.
