Shuttered Cazenovia College fights back as campus is taxed for first time in 200 years

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Cazenovia College’s 198th and final commencement, Cazenovia, N.Y., Saturday May 13, 2023. Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com

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Cazenovia, N.Y. -- Three months after Cazenovia College held its last-ever commencement, the Cazenovia town assessor ripped away its tax-exempt status, and the property tax bills started to roll in.

Assessor Brian Fitts said the college lost its tax exemption as soon as it shut its doors to students this summer, ending nearly 200 years of providing a liberal arts education in this idyllic Central New York village 20 miles southeast of Syracuse.

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