[elektronika]

Universities are just as bad or worse on this front. They will buy up properties with no plan simply because they have the cash to throw around and don't have to pay tax.

[jeffbee]

People say that in Berkeley but usually the specifics of the deal they are taking about are incorrect, so I generally ignore such people. For example the properties owned by the U.C. wealth fund are taxed like any other.

[BobaFloutist]

It does kind of suck for Albany though that something like 10% of its population lives in the untaxable University Village.

[jeffbee]

Let's be real. Albany could double its tax base with duplexes, or any buildings taller than 10 feet, but they don't and don't want to.

[BobaFloutist]

That's also true.