Governments want NYC tax challenge dismissed NEW YORK — New York City and the state want the courts to dismiss a challenge to the city’s property-tax system. A lawsuit filed in February alleges the system discriminates against blacks and Hispanics living in rental buildings and favors owners of co-ops, condos and single-family homes, where the residents are more likely to be white. The city and state say changes to the property-tax assessment system should be addressed by the legislature, rather than …