Utica is surrounded by towns and villages, larger communities with more land area. Development sites within the city limits are therefore not easy to find. With City Hall offering PILOT's, the situation is compounded and city revenues further constrain.
November 3, 2018 - Dear Mayor Robert Palmieri, please read Tax-Exempt Properties Rise as Cities Cope with Shrinking Tax Bases
Politicians lament @CityofUtica is landlocked, yet they're acting to give-away real estate to a non-profit @MVHealthSystem hospital? Make no sense!
— #NoHospitalDowntown (@NoHospitalDwtn) November 3, 2018
Why would Utica follow these other cities down this troubling road?https://t.co/wVcaCdguLP pic.twitter.com/hetxg2qDbj
Discover the other Downtown Utica Parcels that the city suggests it will give away.
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