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		var messages=new Array()
		messages[messages.length]='<br><span class="bodytextbold">November 19, 2009</span><br><span class="bodytext">NEW! Commercial Property Tax Benefit Lookup. Access benefit information on the following programs:  421a, 421b, 421g, ICIP, J51, DAMP and UDAAP.</span><br><a target="blank" href="https://a836-propertyportal.nyc.gov/">Find Benefits</a>';
		messages[messages.length]='<br><span class="bodytextbold">November 19, 2009</span><br><span class="bodytext">Property Tax Rates for Fiscal Year 2009/2010 have been posted.</span><br><a href="../../html/property/property_rates_rates.shtml">Read More</a>';
		messages[messages.length]='<br><span class="bodytextbold">November 18, 2009</span><br><span class="bodytext">Finance Assistant Commissioner, Sam Miller, Testifies on the Earned Income Tax Credit Mailing Project.</span><br><a target="blank" href="../../html/pdf/09pdf/sm_eitc_testimony.pdf">Read Testimony</a>';
		messages[messages.length]='<br><span class="bodytextbold">November 10, 2009</span><br><span class="bodytext">TaxRAPP 2009 was held on November 9, 2009.</span><br><a href="../../html/about/about_taxrapp.shtml">Read More</a>';
		messages[messages.length]='<br><span class="bodytextbold">October 1, 2009</span><br><span class="bodytext">New! As of October 1, 2009 Corporations must request Finance\'s Consent for Dissolution</span><br><a href="../../html/business/business_tax_gct.shtml#dissolution">Read more</a>';
		messages[messages.length]='<br><span class="bodytextbold">October 1, 2009</span><br><span class="bodytext">Finance now administers SCRIE. New SCRIE/DRIE program information and applications are now available.</span><br><a href="../../html/property/property_tax_reduc_drie.shtml ">Read more</a>';
		messages[messages.length]='<br><span class="bodytextbold">September 21, 2009</span><br><span class="bodytext">NYC Penalty Relief Program information is now available.</span><br><a href="../../html/jump/ecb_res.shtml">Learn more</a><br><a target="blank" href="../../html/pdf/press_release/penalty_relief_program.pdf">Download Press Release</a>';
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				return;
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