Renters pay for prop. tax cuts

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Rental building owners will see about a 5 percent decrease in property taxes as part of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed property tax cuts, but market-rate renters are unlikely to benefit from the plan. Rental landlords now pay disproportionately more in property taxes than private homeowners, a disparity that contributes to the city’s ever-climbing rents. more [NYO]