Tag: Property Tax

Residents living in Sloan are paying the highest property tax rate in all of Western New York, according to a new study. Read More

The distinction of having the highest property tax in the Hudson Valley goes to the Town of Liberty in Sullivan County, according to the Empire Center's latest annual Benchmarking NY report. Read More

Gloversville and St. Johnsville topped the list of municipalities with the highest effective tax rates in the Mohawk Valley in 2013, according to a study by the Empire Center. Read More

Schenectady residents, you’re not imagining it. Your taxes really are high. Read More

The average tax rate across the Capital Region is lower than average, but a few municipalities stray from the average rate of $24.68 per $1,000 of a property’s assessed values. Schenectady has the highest effective tax rate in 2013, $43.58, according to a recently released report by the Empire Center for Public Policy, an independent research organization in Albany. A home valued at $160,250 would have paid $6,984 in taxes. Read More

Orleans County continues to be among the highest taxed counties in New York, with Medina leading the way with a combined tax rate of more than triple that of some other Finger Lakes-region counties. Read More

Binghamton had the highest effective property tax rate of any city in New York as of 2013, according to the Empire Center’s latest annual Benchmarking NY report. Read More

Bill Samuels, founder of the liberal policy group EffectiveNY, called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to champion a property tax relief proposal floated by Mario Cuomo, the executive’s late father. Read More