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NYC property taxes favor rich and white homeowners, lawsuit claims
April 24, 2017
A coalition called Tax Equity Now NY, which includes the NAACP, the Black Institute, several landlords and homeowners, has teamed up with lawyers from the firm Latham & Watkins, including former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippmann, to file a class-action suit this week charging that the DNA of the city’s property tax system is racially biased and favors the affluent over the working- and middle-class.
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NYS Exposed: Why Did the State Change the STAR Program?
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October 20, 2016
New homeowners are running into problems with the state's STAR Program. As part of this year's budget, the tax break for homeowners turned into a rebate check. The problem? The state shorted hundreds of homeowners.