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Tell Senator Schumer??? elleng Jul 2012 #1
Thank you! JackRiddler Jul 2012 #2
More than one idiot trying that recently NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #3
Where do you live in Manhattan? The median income in zip 10128 (Up E Side) is $205,379/yr. leveymg Jul 2012 #4
West Village, NYC n/t Yavin4 Jul 2012 #8
You realize there are probably over 100s of zip codes for NYC LynneSin Jul 2012 #10
that zip code represents about one half of one percent of NYC's population fishwax Jul 2012 #11
ROFL progressoid Jul 2012 #12
let's balance this with Manhattan's Chinatown .... marasinghe Jul 2012 #23
I think I just hit 250k now Lawlbringer Jul 2012 #5
Is it fair to just count Manhatten? HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #6
Additionally if you live in NYC your deductions are likely higher, and therefore the net income Lionessa Jul 2012 #7
If you live in NYC, you have to pay substantial state and CITY income taxes. pnwmom Jul 2012 #14
Which effectively lowers their net income so only those with considerably higher than $250K will be Lionessa Jul 2012 #15
Is the law referring to net income or gross income? pnwmom Jul 2012 #16
Taxable income, not gross, ie the number after deductions. Lionessa Jul 2012 #17
So is the law referring to taxable income only? I didn't realize that. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #18
YES! Dozens of posts about this here and on DU2 over the past two years, and yet even here Lionessa Jul 2012 #19
Thanks for clearing that up. This may be part of why pnwmom Jul 2012 #22
NYC is a big city so alot of that depends on which borough or which neighborhood too LynneSin Jul 2012 #9
Who said you're poor if you make less than $250K? pnwmom Jul 2012 #13
Most NYC Dwellers have a lifestyle that would make me jump off something. Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2012 #20
If you have been in Manhattan 16 years, Lucky Luciano Jul 2012 #21
One Word: Roommates Yavin4 Jul 2012 #24
That is an ultra-sacrifice. Lucky Luciano Jul 2012 #25
and yet more than half the households in nyc make under $60K. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #28
It's about time someone said that. AJTheMan Jul 2012 #26
that's who butters his bread... choie Jul 2012 #27
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