Depending on a Curse: What History Tells Us About Property-Tax Reform in New York City

Daniel Wortel-London — 2022-07-12T05:00:00Z

Daniel Wortel-London discusses New York's discriminatory policies and taxes and asks: can a tax system as cumbersome as New York's possibly be changed? And if it can, what unanticipated consequences might follow?
For decades, New York's local government has inflicted upon its people both discriminatory policies and discriminatory taxes. This discrimination takes two forms. On the one hand, New York taxes different classes of property at different rates. Single-family homes made up 51.27% of

- Debates / taxation, tax reform, real estate, New York, housing, discrimination, property

New Tourism Geographies and the Politics of Tourist Taxation

Elizabeth Strom — 2022-06-07T05:00:00Z

The changing geography of urban tourism has led to new forms of political contestation. How hotel-tax revenues are spent—where and for whom—is a central issue. Elizabeth Strom argues that political mobilization can encourage elected officials and the tourism industry to use tax revenues to improve cities for residents, not just tourists.
Two decades ago, Dennis Judd wrote with some concern about the construction of “tourist bubbles”—the downtown enclaves found in US cities that included some

- Essays / tourism, urban tourism, taxation, hotel tax, protest, mobilization, United States

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Depending on a Curse: What History Tells Us About Property-Tax Reform in New York City

New Tourism Geographies and the Politics of Tourist Taxation