NYSUT Files Papers To Stop The Tax Freeze

Nick Reisman

The statewide teachers union this week filed papers in effort to stop Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature property tax measure in 2014: a rebate program aimed at property taxpayers.

In papers filed on Tuesday, the union is trying to hitch the effort to block the rebate program — which Cuomo has referred to as a “freeze” in property tax increases over several years — to the group’s lawsuit filed against the state’s property tax cap.

In the filing, NYSUT argues the rebate program “incentivizes” school districts to submit budgets within the tax cap.


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