The Greenburgh Tax Assessor, Edye McCarthy has prepared a short video providing answers to questions about the reassessment process. You may find some of your questions answered in this video. The information and suggestions may give you a better understanding of what you need to do if you want to successfully challenge Tyler's initial valuation. Tyler is the company the Town hired to do the revaluation/reassessment.
You must call Tyler Technology at 1 800 273-8605 no later than April 8th to get an appointment through the first week in May.
After
that meeting, If you still disagree with your new assessment value, you
will then have an opportunity to file a formal grievance with the Board
of Assessment Review from June 1 - June 21.
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https://youtu.be/3L6sA_6PWj8
ReplyDeleteDear Supervisor Feiner and members of the Town Board:
At the upcoming work session, you
should disclose whether or not you received an increase in your personal assessment. It is now well recognized that Supervisor Feiner should have recused himself from any election whether to chose Homestead or not. It was just a poor decision and not something venal. Further the various posts from the Town should be
accurate - a 5 year phase up is a 5 year phase down for those who are over assessed.
The proposal is also going to be highly controversial from a civil rights and economic justice perspective - you are looking to
lend a hand to the most affluent and least diverse portions of the town - including many living in million dollar homes - to the detriment of over assessed minorities and those who live in more economically mixed areas. These taxpayers are now being asked to subsidize the 1% for the next 5 years?!
When you buy a house you can barely afford how can you expect those of us who live within our means to now subsidize such irresponsibility ?
The Incorporation threat is nonsense. No new village has been established in Greenburgh in over a century. Its laughable that anyone believes adding a new layer of government will
reduce property taxes. The startup costs for
a new village will
far
exceed
any increases in tax
increases if the revaluation
is allowed to proceed
as
promised. The ends do not justify means.
New York State Does Not Treat All Veterans Equally
ReplyDeleteI served in the military for this country for 10 years . Yet I cannot receive a property Tax exemption for I did not serve in war time. That is wrong. All veterans should be treated EQUALLY. I have numerous medals. Please share this hopefully someone will listen .
These rules below are wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
....Alternative Veterans' Exemption
Available only on residential property of a Veteran who has served during a designated time of war, or who has received an expeditionary medal
Currently available in over 95 percent of the county, city, town, and village taxing jurisdictions across the state. The remainder of these jurisdictions may choose to offer this exemption in the future. School districts also have the option to offer this exemption
Veteran applicants should check with the assessor or clerk in the municipalities in which they respectively reside to see whether the alternative veterans' exemption is offered
Authorized by Real Property Tax Law, section 458-a
Cold War Veterans' Exemption
Available only on residential property of a Veteran who served during the Cold War period
Counties, cities, towns, and villages have the option to offer this exemption to qualified Veterans
Check with your assessor or clerk to see whether the Cold war Veterans' exemption is offered
Authorized by Real Property Tax Law, section 458-b
Eligible Funds Exemption
Provides a partial exemption
Dear Vet
ReplyDeleteThat legislation was poorly conceived. You
do not ask school
boards to make tax
allocation decisions. The law was
also written to allow the exemption to cover people who never served It has
no means testing. It was divisive and frankly just another piece of legislation
pushed by a special interest lobby.