Property tax bills expected to rise for many New York homeowners
BY Adam Lisberg
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Many city homeowners will see their property tax bills rise this year, as they pay for a rising share of the city's budget, two new reports said Wednesday.
Homeowners can expect tax rates to rise 1.8% and apartment building rates will rise 1.4%, while commercial property tax rates will fall 1.8%, the state Financial Control Board said.
The changes come from an annual rate reclassification, but the impact on individual homeowners will depend on the assessed value of their homes, city officials said.
"It's case by case," said city Finance Department spokesman Owen Stone. "Whatever your assessed value is, you're going to be taxed at the new rate."
The market value of city property will fall 1.2% this year, but assessed values will rise 6.7% because of pentup hikes from the real estate boom earlier in the decade, state Controller Thomas DiNapoli announced yesterday.
Because of Mayor Bloomberg's decision to rescind the $400 property tax rebate and raise property taxes 7% at the beginning of the year, more than 45% of the city's tax collections will come from property taxes this year - the highest percentage since 1992.
3 comments:
Right after this turd gets elected, taxes will to through the roof.
Weak point for both Tompson and Bloomberg. Tony should hit them hard on these issues.
Shouldn't the depreciated values of the housing market offset this???
If i was a property owner and they came to take my property to better an area i would expect my tax money back, why have to pay taxes on property they claim is yours until they need it for something else. Or is the tax a rent for the city. This city is a joke and so is the person running it.
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