Council quoted in The New York Times

Providers' Council President & CEO Michael Weekes was quoted in the Sunday, Feb. 28 edition of The New York Times.

The Times reporter spoke with Weekes regarding PILOTs that may cities and towns are now asking nonprofits to pay and the possibility that some of the tax exemptions for nonprofits will be removed. PILOT stands for payment in lieu of taxes that many nonprofits give cities and towns. 

From the article, which is available at The New York Times' website or in our In the News section:

Michael D. Weekes, chief executive of Providers' Council, a trade association representing organizations that provide human services in Massachusetts, said that more and more cities and towns in that state were pressing nonprofit groups to make similar agreements.

“Those may seem less onerous than what other places are considering,” Mr. Weekes said, “but the bottom line is, they still cut into our ability to deliver vital services.”

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