Great Deal for the City and School District. Bad deal for Erie County.
Seems the City traded off a lower assessment for past years in exchange for no refunds from the City or School. So the County is responsible for the refund - which means the other county taxpayers pay for our problems. Good for us, but seems like a dangerous precedent for the way municipalities handle court cases.
I heard the assessment was dropped to "0" for the years that the county owes the refund, and then rises back to $30 million for this year. Must be all the development on the waterfront! (The windmills are tax exempt).