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Mayor Ed Gainey, center, takes the podium surrounded by elected officials to answer questions about challenging the tax-exempt status of 26 Pittsburgh properties in a press conference at his office on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in the City-County Building in Downtown. The push is part of a new legal strategy to root out tax-exempt properties in Pittsburgh that shouldn’t qualify for exemption under Pennsylvania law. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Local Government

Gainey lines up tax-exempt challenges, including bid to tax some UPMC-owned properties

by Charlie Wolfson March 28, 2023March 29, 2023

Mayor Gainey announced the first step in a plan to get nonprofit giants like UPMC to pay more into city funds.

Pottstown Hospital, in Pennsylvania (Photo by Harold Brubaker/Philadelphia Inquirer)

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A Pa. hospital’s revoked property tax exemption is a ‘warning shot’ to other nonprofits, expert says

by Ashad Hajela March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey holds up an executive order addressing non-profit tax-exempt property after signing it in his City-County Building offices on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Downtown. Behind him is Krysia M. Kubiak, chief legal officer and city solicitor, left, and Jen Gula, director of finance and treasurer for the city. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Local Government

Gainey orders review of tax-exempt property

by Charlie Wolfson January 24, 2023January 26, 2023

UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

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Pittsburgh’s quest to get a ‘fair share’ from big nonprofits has lasted for decades. Here’s the 4-minute version.

by Emma Folts September 1, 2022September 1, 2022

Students moving into Litchfield Towers, the largest cluster of dorms on Pitt's main campus, ahead of the new academic year during August 2022. (Photo by Alexandra Ross/The Pitt News)

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Medical emergencies, mac-and-cheese mishaps and elevator rescues: Pitt dorms draw city services, but should the university help fund them?

by Emma Folts, Punya Bhasin, Charlie Wolfson and Alexandra Ross August 31, 2022August 30, 2022

A photo illustration that depicts a stethoscope, a stack of money and a stack of books.

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Another Pittsburgh promise? Payments from ‘eds and meds’ would bring millions to PPS, allow district to slash deficit and consider ‘wonderful things’

by Emma Folts August 9, 2022August 12, 2022

The apartments and homes of Central Oakland are seen beyond padlocks hanging on the Schenley Bridge, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/Public Source)

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Surrounded by university and city development, Oakland residents face and embrace change, vie for a seat at the table

by Emma Folts August 1, 2022July 31, 2022

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey

The Exempt Dilemma

Updated: Gainey Administration pulls city out of Peduto-era OnePGH Fund

by Charlie Wolfson July 13, 2022July 15, 2022

UPMC's Hamot Hospital in Erie

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Gainey wants Pittsburgh healthcare giants to pitch into the city budget. In Erie, they already do.

by Charlie Wolfson June 13, 2022April 5, 2023

Four sentences that say: Boston = $14.6 million; Cambridge = $8.1 million; New Haven = $13 million; Pittsburgh = .... Pittsburgh's line is circled in blue.(Photo illustration by Natasha Vicens/PublicSource)

The Exempt Dilemma

Should Pittsburgh’s tax-exempt universities make payments to the city? Here’s what others do.

by Emma Folts June 6, 2022June 8, 2022