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Circular arguments over tax refund borrowing in Nassau
It’s a Catch-22 as Nassau legislators go ‘round and ‘round over borrowing to pay tax refunds.
For more than a year, the Republican administration of County Executive Edward Mangano has been asking Democrats to borrow different amounts — $102 million, $38 million, $43 million, $165 million — to refund taxpayers who paid overpaid their property taxes because of erroneous assessments.
But...