Last year the Westchester County Executive and Board of Legislators approved the 2014 budget which kept the tax levy flat. Although most people think that the tax levy did not result in any tax hikes different communities in Westchester will be treated differently in 2014. Some communities will experience tax hikes. Others will experience tax cuts. The percentage increase or decrease will be different for every locality.
Greenburgh will experience a 3.66% tax reduction on the county tax bill. Which will make people smile. Until…we learn that Bedford residents will see the county portion of the tax bill go down by 12.29. Cortlandt’s portion of the county tax bill will be going down 6.12% and Pound Ridge by 5.48%. Mount Vernon’s tax bill will decrease by 5.06%
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Some communities in Westchester will experience large tax hikes on their county portion of the tax bill.. Rye City will see their taxes go up 9.76%. Mamaroneck is getting a 7.06% tax hike. Scarsdale’s tax hike will exceed 4.2%.
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If Westchester County would reassess all properties in the county and update the county rolls on a regular basis every municipality in Westchester would be treated equally in the future. Because of the lack of a county wide reassessment, every year some Westchester residents pay a percentage tax increase or decrease that is more or less than their neighbors. Every year communities in Westchester are treated differently.
The town of Greenburgh is undertaking a town wide reassessment of all properties. It will create fairness on town tax bills –but until county wide reassessment takes place there will be inequities.
PAUL FEINER
Greenburgh Town Supervisor
