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Plunging home prices may not lower LI taxes

The prices of Long Island homes are dropping with the slumping economy, yet property taxes remain high. While that seems contradictory, Nassau County Assessor Harvey Levinson explains how it happens.

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Jan 17, 2008, 11:28 PM

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