‘The time has passed’: PPS sues county to force property reassessments

The Pittsburgh Public Schools Board at its public agenda review meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (Photo by Pamela Smith/PublicSource) & Less than a month after a board vote authorizing legal action, Pittsburgh’s school district has filed suit against Sara Innamorato’s administration seeking to compel a county-wide reassessment. & by Lajja Mistry & Pittsburgh Public Schools [PPS] has filed a lawsuit against Allegheny County to compel a county-wide reassessment of properties.& The filing comes after the school board unanimously& voted& last month to authorize district solicitor Ira Weiss to take legal action. The lawsuit names the county and County Executive Sara Innamorato in her official capacity as defendants. PPS officials said they would approach the county executive’s office to consider a voluntary reassessment, but two weeks later that window is closed, according to Weiss.& “We have provided the county executive with a reasonable time to consider our request to order the reassessment,” Weiss wrote in an email statement. “She has replied with the same general statements about more ‘review and study.’ The time has passed for that.”.& Abigail Gardner, spokesperson for the county executive’s office, wrote in a statement that the administration is gathering data to analyze the implications of...