Two steps forward (back)?
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According to the Tax Foundation’s examination of U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey data on property tax data for owner-occupied housing for 2008, Rockland County now ranks No. 5 in median property taxes paid on homes. For 2007, Rockland ranked seventh. (Westchester again ranks No. 1 and Putnam County breaks into the Top 10, having been merely 11th in 2007.
Sad, sadder and saddest.
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. The commission’s looking at various ways to curb school taxes (the largest share of a homeowner’s tax bill) including consolidation of tiny school districts (littler than what we have in Rockland) shared services (something Rockland districts already do, often with BOCES, but there’s room for more) and finding ways to curb special education costs without compromising education quality. It’s painfully obvious to everyone (maybe even our representatives in Albany) that something’s gotta give. Fifth place? Shouldn’t we at least get a medal?
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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