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Case Study: Canandaigua Air Center

Ontario County IDA, Finger Lakes For years, the Ontario County IDA ignored payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreements at the Canandaigua Air Center. Although the IDA began operating the airport and took it off the tax rolls in 1995, the private buildings on the property were supposed to be paying PILOTs to offset the tax revenue lost to school districts and municipalities.…