The governments of New York City and New York state are fighting to dismiss a suit by a group of property owners and renters who say that the city’s property tax system unconstitutionally imposes lower tax rates on some wealthy New Yorkers’ properties than those in poorer neighborhoods.

The suit, filed by a group called Tax Equity Now, which is represented by a team from Latham & Watkins that includes Jonathan Lippman, the former chief judge of New York’s judiciary, takes aim at an “inequitable and antiquated” property tax system throughout New York City in which similarly situated properties are saddled with “widely different” tax burdens based on where they are located in the city.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]