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LITTLE VALLEY — More than 500 senior citizens in Cattaraugus County have received letters from the state Department of Taxation and Finance seeking to verify their income for enhanced STAR eligibility. This is the first year since the state took over the STAR (State Tax Relief program) and Enhanced STAR, and the state sought to …
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Over the past year, the city has sought to figure out how to solve long-standing problems with the notoriously lopsided property tax system through old-school representative democracy: asking New Yorkers what they think. After five lengthy public hearings last year, it turns out New Yorkers across the city are in agreement: They all think they …
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In 2004, Assemblywoman Sandy Galef sponsored the bill to tax all of Putnam County’s state land. Now she wants a statewide solution to resolve the similar issue in Westchester and Dutchess counties. Tax Watch columnist David McKay Wilson reviews attempts to bring equity to New York’s property tax system. The push for tax equity in …
