Guest op-ed: Property taxes are too damn high
I don’t know how many times I’ve gotta say it: New York City’s property tax system is not only outdated and unfair but the logic behind how much homeowners pay or how their house is assessed is a mystery.
I said it during my campaign, I’ve said it in previous op-eds, and I said it in an official joint statement with my City Council colleagues. And I’m not the only one: my district office is constantly taking property tax complaints and helping people fight their assessments.
Apparently, it’s an issue that bears repeating! Mayor de Blasio’s recent near-$90 billion budget includes no property tax relief. He has thus far turned a blind eye to the reforms that seniors, retirees and working class families in our neck of the woods so desperately need.