Syracuse University rebukes Claudia Tenney for claiming it supports GOP tax plan
WASHINGTON -- Syracuse University officials say U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney spread "categorically false" information this week about the university's position on the Republican tax plan making its way through Congress.
Tenney, R-New Hartford, defended her vote for the GOP bill in a live interview Wednesday on Utica radio station WUTQ-FM (100.7).
"If this was bad for college students and colleges, why would Syracuse University, the largest higher educational institution in our region, why are they supporting the tax plan?" Tenney said.
SU, in fact, has publicly criticized the Republican tax overhaul because it would end tax deductions for interest paid on student loans, tax tuition benefits received by graduate students and the children of university employees, and impose a 1.4 percent excise tax on investment income from college endowments.
"To be clear: To suggest that Syracuse University has endorsed or supports the tax reform legislation currently making its way through congress is categorically false," SU Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie said in a statement Friday.
SU Chancellor Kent Syverud outlined his concerns in a letter sent Nov. 20 to Rep. John Katko and shared by email with students, faculty and staff.
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