We’re No. 1, and No. 5 and even No. 10
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In a surprise to no one, the Tax Foundation reports that Westchester again ranks No. 1 in median real estate taxes paid. (Based on U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey data for 2008.) The county’s held the top slot for several years now. Rockland moved up in 2008 to No. 5, from No. 7 in 2007. And, breaking into the Top 10 was Putnam County, eking into the last spot.
Nothing to cheer about here. Makes you think, the Legislature must be so proud, what with looking at such property tax solutions as a circuit-breaker that ties school taxes to household incomes, or a property-tax cap, but alas, doing nothing. Oh, no, they did one thing — agreed to a state budget that yanked middle class STAR tax rebate checks.
The New York State Commission on Property Tax Relief, headed by Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi (his county’s again ranked No. 2 in median property taxes paid on homes) has called for a property tax cap, and mandate relief (unfunded mandates mean someone’s gotta pay, and that would be the taxpayer. The lion’s share of a homeowner’s property tax bill goes to school districts.)
See the report from the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that has monitored fiscal policy at the federal, state and local levels since 1937 — it’s creatively named Fiscal Fact. No. 192.
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