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SUNY needs its own version of the tax cap

December 4, 2016

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Five years ago, school districts, county governments, cities, towns and villages in New York were forced to control spending and local taxes with the imposition of a statewide property tax cap. It forced these government bodies to be more stingy with the taxpayers’ money. It forced them to do without certain programs, forced them to control hiring, compelled them to start working together to share services and purchases with other government bodies, and forced them ...

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