Syracuse University’s student center will remain tax exempt, capping off a five-year battle between the City of Syracuse’s Department of Assessment and Syracuse University.
Judges at the Rochester Fourth Appellate Division on Friday afternoon reversed a lower court decision that sided with the city’s tax assessment of SU’s Schine Student Center, the university’s main student center. The decision comes as the city prepares to renegotiate its service agreement with SU, and as Le Moyne College purchases more land near its campus.
The ruling may also require the city to pay back any taxes it has collected from the student center…