Mistaken tax breaks

From the Daily News:

These tax snafus were truly close to home.

Bumbling city Finance Department watchdogs have for years been erroneously giving more than $2,000 in tax breaks to the owners of an office building and three parking lots — including one rented by the department itself.

The state School Tax Relief Program is supposed to give only homeowners up to a $300 tax rebate on their primary residence each year.

But the Finance Department messed up and has been giving the sweeteners to owners of three parking lots in Queens and Brooklyn, and an office building on the East Side of Manhattan, records show.

Incredibly, one of the Queens parking lots — at 144-02 95th Ave. in Jamaica — is being used by the borough’s team of tax assessors.

“This is going on right under our noses,” one assessor fumed.

Carrozza saga raises more questions

So Ann-Margaret Carrozza moved back to Bayside after she was caught double-dipping on a STAR rebate for her home on Long Island and the Daily News rightly called for her resignation.

But why hasn't anyone looked into the developers who do the same thing? Why do many of them list their teardowns as their home addresses on mortgage documents and building department permits? How much revenue are we losing out on because of this? Remember this when you get your next tax bill.