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New property tax math squeezes outer boroughs

A new method of taxing properties is forcing many outer borough New Yorkers to pay more -- and sticking the city with a yawning budget gap, according to some tax lawyers and assessors.

"This is like the snowball rolling down a hill -- eventually it becomes an avalanche," said Peter Blond, a tax lawyer at the Long Island law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein. "It is becoming more and...

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