The truth is that while Cuomo is attacking the property tax he (along with your legislator and the NY Regents) are the cause of higher property tax burden on localities. (nystateofpolitics.com)
He denounced the records of districts like Syracuse to turn around failing schools, while laying some of the burden of New York state's high property tax burden at the feet of public school teachers» unions for pressing for pay raises year after year. (syracuse.com)
Even this change was limited to disputes involving «fiscally eligible» municipalities — defined as those with relatively high property tax burdens or fund balances of less than 5 percent. (empirecenter.org)