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Two dozen major unions, education associations, school funding advocates, and government watchdog groups gathered today in the State Capitol to call for the passage of state legislation stopping local Industrial Development Authorities (IDAs) from diverting tax revenue that would otherwise go to schools.

We write to express our strong support for a bill introduced in both houses, S89 (Ryan) / A351 (Bronson), which prohibits Industrial Development Authorities from abating property taxes that would otherwise fund public schools….

Advocates for reforming New York’s system of granting tax breaks to support business growth and job development took their case to Albany on Wednesday, arguing that abatements authorized by local industrial development agencies harm local schools and education…

Education leaders and advocates are backing new legislation that they say could bring more than $1.8 billion in tax dollars back to school districts…

Representatives of unions, education associations, school funding advocates and government watchdog groups gathered in the State Capitol today to call for the passage of legislation, pending in both chambers of the State Legislature, that seeks to prohibit industrial development agencies from abating school district taxes…

School districts across New York are losing out on billions of dollars in revenue because of tax breaks. A coalition is pushing for reforms that stalled in the Legislature last year.