Property taxes are "the number-one issue facing Nassau County residents," according to County Comptroller Howard Weitzman, who came to Wesley Church on December 14 to speak to Franklin Square seniors. In his talk, Comptroller Weitzman discussed the state of the county's finances, the causes of Long Island's high property taxes, and his recent report on the STAR school tax rebates, which showed that Nassau taxpayers received hundreds of dollars less than Westchester residents in similar school districts. In Franklin Square, the STAR rebate was $226.82, but in Elmsford, a comparable Westchester school district, homeowners received $367.29. FULL STORY