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» Articles from November 2005

The Real ProblemsWith Reassessments - Part One

The growing outcry over rising property tax assessments now grabbing headlines in many Hudson Valley towns highlights the financial complexities and political controversies involved in achieving one of the most basic principles of municipal government: equitable taxation.

A recent spate of grassroots challenges– including a self-styled “tax revolt” protesting appraisal methods in the Dutchess town of North East and a slew of lawsuits by property owners in the Town of Canaan in Columbia County– are among many examples indicating that the current system for maintaining fair and updated tax rolls in New York towns is severely flawed. Read more