Exclusive | Rep. Mike Lawler touts $40K SALT deduction cap for New York as House moves to pass Trumps tax package

WASHINGTON — Rep.Mike Lawler (R-NY) is celebrating an 11th-hour deal for a 400% increase in State and Local Tax (SALT) deductions as part of President Trump’s “one big beautiful bill,” as the measure still faces some opposition from fiscal hawks for final passage in the House.“For the middle class, this is a real win, especially in a state like New York,” Lawler told The Post in an exclusive interview Wednesday trumpeting the increase from a $10,000 to a $40,000 deduction cap for individual filers, noting how his constituents suffer the highest taxes in the country between property and income rates.That rate would then be projected to increase by 1% over the next decade.An amendment has yet to be filed formally implementing the changes in the House Rules Committee, but House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) has promised the additions — along with changes to Medicaid and green-energy tax credits’ spending — will be published before the full vote.The Hudson Valley Republican sat through marathon meetings for weeks with White House officials, House Speaker Mike Johnson’s team, GOP members of the chamber’s SALT caucus — and Trump himself, who called out Lawler for pressing the SALT issue in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill Tuesday.“I know your district better than you do,” the president chided during the House Republican conference meeting, warning the New York pol that the push for a higher-than-$30,000 SALT cap risked upending the Republican agenda — and wouldn’t be a determining factor in his 2026 re-election bid.“His objective was to get the bill passed,” he said of the exchange with Trump, and the two spoke later by phone in private conference calls with congressional and White House aides about the path forward.Lawler forged ahead with fellow Empire State Republican Reps.

Nick LaLota, Andrew Garbarino and Elise Stefanik, as well as Reps.Tom Kean (R-NJ) and Young Kim (R-Calif.) among others to get the cap, which will ...