Arguments
in a lawsuit filed by the New York State United Teachers union (NYSUT) against
the state’s two-percent property tax cap began last week in the state Supreme
Court in Albany County. NYSUT is arguing that the tax cap is unconstitutional
because it removes a measure of local control from education. Additionally, the
union claims that the 60-percent supermajority needed by school districts to
override the cap runs afoul of the concept of one-person, one-vote.
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