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Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged Friday to double the size of the Justice Department’s voting rights enforcement staff to vigorously combat efforts to restrict ballot access and prosecute those who threaten or harm election workers.
The attorney general’s announcement comes as the Biden administration faces growing pressure from civil rights groups and state Democrats to more forcefully challenge GOP efforts pass new voting limits.
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Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Pamela S. Karlan and New York Policy Director Martha E. Stark. (Getty, NYU, Tax Equity Now)
After more than a year of frustrated efforts in the state court system, Tax Equity Now New York’s latest attempt at property tax reform is an appeal to the federal government.
In a letter sent Thursday, the coalition implored the Department of Justice to challenge the city’s tax structure under the Fair Housing Act.
The plea comes eight months after the New York Court of Appeals tossed out a TENNY suit challenging the constitutionality of the city’s property tax laws, citing a lack of a “substantial constitutional question.”