To the Editor:

After you get over the shock of your 2015-16 tax bill, the largest in LEH history, whichreflected an average increase of 15 to 16 percent (whatever happened to the 2 percent hard cap), some seniors received a check from the state to soften the blow.

The senior freeze or, as the government likes to call it, the Property Tax Reimbursement amount was based on the taxes paid in 2014. The average reimbursement was between $300 and $400. Thatdid notcover the tax increase of $600 to $700.

August 12, 2015