Next week when many New Yorkers head to the mailbox, there’s going to be an unpleasant letter mixed in with holiday cards. Yes, your property tax bill will likely come. And, it will likely be higher than last year, in part because the state legislature failed to pass any meaningful mandate relief bills that would lower costs for local communities. Steve Acquario, Executive Director for the New York Association of Counties, has been calling on the state to scale back unfunded mandates for years.

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