New Haven's City Budget Relies on an Unreliable Source of Income

New Haven Advocate | May 20, 2008
By statute, Connecticut is supposed to fund PILOT -- which compensates cities for tax-exempt property like hospitals, universities and schools -- at 77 percent of the real estate's full value. In New Haven, that adds up to big bucks. But PILOT's only been fully funded twice in the last decade.

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