About 150,000
apartments in the city qualified for the abatement last year, resulting in $ 1.06 billion in forgiven property taxes, according to city records.
Not exact matches
City Housing Authority officials engaged
in a «nefarious scheme» to exempt
apartments from requirements that they be annually inspected for lead paint — even though they can't confirm those units
qualified for such a waiver, an amended lawsuit claims.
But as the
city's economy recovered, legislators tinkered with the regulations, requiring developers
in popular neighborhoods to set aside 20 percent of their
apartments for low - and moderate - income tenants
in order for the building to
qualify for the tax break.