Skip to main content

It’s Time To End the Quiet Cruelty of Property Taxes

Andrew W. Kahrl The New York Times
Property taxes, the lifeblood of local governments and school districts, are among the most powerful and stealthy engines of racism and wealth inequality our nation has ever produced.

Handing Taxpayers the Climate Cleanup Bill

Katya Schwenk The Lever
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic legislative leaders nix a landmark proposal that would have made Hochul’s fossil fuel donors pay for their pollution.