Lillian Hunter

Jun 13, 2024 | taxpolicycenter.org | Aravind Boddupalli |Janet Holtzblatt |Lillian Hunter |Robert McClelland

Jun 7, 2024 | taxpolicycenter.org | Lillian Hunter

In a surprise move, New York’s Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul indefinitely delayed New York City’s first-in-the-nation congestion pricing plan on Wednesday. Lawmakers created the Central Business District (CBD) Tolling Program in 2019 after a series of subway failures highlighted longstanding funding and other challenges. After five years of planning, the tax on drivers entering lower Manhattan was set to begin on June 30th.

Sep 14, 2023 | taxpolicycenter.org | Elaine Maag |Lillian Hunter

Lillian Hunter is a research analyst in the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. She graduated magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr College with an AB in economics and public health policy.

Jul 24, 2023 | taxpolicycenter.org | Lillian Hunter |Sadie Bograd |Aravind Boddupalli

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan (D) recently proposed raising the city’s tax on vacant or undeveloped land while reducing taxes on buildings by 30 percent. The hope is his proposed land value tax (LVT) — that is, a tax on the value of land instead of what’s built on it — can help address some of the city’s economic woes, such as deteriorating neighborhoods and high property taxes.