City Councilmembers raised difficult questions about tax breaks for developers at a time when costs are rising for residents at a Department of Revenue hearing on Tuesday, the last in a long series of agency appearances before the City Council. Across the political spectrum, councilmembers called on finance and revenue officials to consider reforms to the city's ten-year property tax abatement, and raised concerns about spiking assessments and a proposed tax hike for homeowners at a time when programs designed to help them haven't fully reached their goals.
