ABDUS-SALAAM, J.
In this case, we are presented with, essentially, the following question: may Nassau County pass a local law that shifts the obligation to pay real property tax refunds from the County to its individual taxing districts, thereby superseding a special State tax law? We answer this question in the negative. The State Constitution vests in the State and the counties only a definite and circumscribed set of powers. Beyond its constitutional authority...
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