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The state's top teachers union, which is suing New York over its property tax cap, is now saying the state's property tax freeze plan is also unconstitutional. NYSUT filed suit against the state in February of 2013 over the property tax cap. Now it said the freeze plan, which offers rebates to those in localities, which stay within the cap, is unfair to districts whose residents vote to exceed the cap since they won't get the rebate.  The Cuomo Administration responded to the request, to have the State Supreme Court consider both the state's tax cap, and property tax freeze in the same case; the tax cap has reigned in property tax increases to at or below the rate of inflation.