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Mineola trustee warns PILOT deals could leave district with a future 'funding cliff'
Summary
Trustee Patrick Tolte urged legislative reforms after attending a Nassau County IDA hearing, saying long-term PILOTs deliver predictable short-term revenue but can create a long-term 'funding cliff' when properties transition off PILOT and are excluded from the tax-base growth factor.
Trustee Patrick Tolte said the district is monitoring the fiscal risks that can follow long-term payments-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreements after he and Assistant Superintendent Will Herman attended an Aug. 12 Nassau County Industrial Development Authority hearing in Mineola.
"Over successive years, this shortfall becomes a funding cliff where the district loses significant revenue," Tolte said, warning that when a PILOT ends and the property transitions to regular property taxes, the shift "does not come with an adjustment to the district's tax base growth factor," which can leave the district unable to raise its levy proportionately.
Tolte told the board the district currently has…
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