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Advocates press council to advance pilot to make tax‑exempt hospitals and universities pay 'fair share'

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Residents, labor unions and advocacy groups urged the Baltimore City Council to advance a proposed Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) task force to recommend a more transparent, equitable approach to contributions from large tax‑exempt hospitals and universities.

Residents, labor unions and advocacy groups urged the Baltimore City Council to advance a proposed Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) task force to recommend a more transparent, equitable approach to contributions from large tax‑exempt hospitals and universities.

Toby Dietz, who said he has lived in Baltimore since 1982 and works in academia, told the committee he supported a “fair, transparent, and actually substantively meaningful agreement in 2026” and called the current…

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