Comments on: Why Are Property Taxes In New York So High? http://www.teddersrandomnotes.com/blog/2009/01/22/why-are-property-taxes-in-new-york-so-high/ My Thoughts, Opinions and Experiences Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:07:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob http://www.teddersrandomnotes.com/blog/2009/01/22/why-are-property-taxes-in-new-york-so-high/comment-page-1/#comment-80998 Rob Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:07:53 +0000 http://www.teddersrandomnotes.com/blog/?p=54#comment-80998 I moved to Fl from upstate NY and presently pay $58/yr in school taxes. I inherited a camp in NY which I pay $2000/yr in School taxes. The locals don't want to consolidate and always approve the budget. They just suffer thinking that it is the best for the kids. Stupid! I will be selling the camp in NY soon as I can't afford the school tax as I am retired. The town tax is only $600. I moved to Fl from upstate NY and presently pay $58/yr in school taxes. I inherited a camp in NY which I pay $2000/yr in School taxes. The locals don’t want to consolidate and always approve the budget. They just suffer thinking that it is the best for the kids. Stupid!
I will be selling the camp in NY soon as I can’t afford the school tax as I am retired. The town tax is only $600.

]]> By: jim http://www.teddersrandomnotes.com/blog/2009/01/22/why-are-property-taxes-in-new-york-so-high/comment-page-1/#comment-42384 jim Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:33:35 +0000 http://www.teddersrandomnotes.com/blog/?p=54#comment-42384 the only way to solve the problem is if enought people start to rebell against the goverment.if you have the numbers it can be done.so wake up people its time for a revolution the only way to solve the problem is if enought people start to rebell against the goverment.if you have the numbers it can be done.so wake up people its time for a revolution

]]> By: Rachael http://www.teddersrandomnotes.com/blog/2009/01/22/why-are-property-taxes-in-new-york-so-high/comment-page-1/#comment-26703 Rachael Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:44:02 +0000 http://www.teddersrandomnotes.com/blog/?p=54#comment-26703 I recently moved to western NY after renting in cities for 10 years. Our mortgage payments went up another $100/month this year. We already pay three times what my mother pays in CT (for more house/land/better school district). She told me she'd have to move once retired (her mortgage paid off) if she lived where we do. As a newcomer to NY, the term 'property tax' is misleading because it doesn't include the 'school tax', which is just as much. Not only was it a shock, but it was not straightforward to determine because of the multitude of different districts with their own tax rates, for what seemed to be determined by the elementary schools!? I still haven't figured out the government/district structure yet. If wages neglect to keep up with the rising tax rates, I can't see my family being able to continue on as is without considerable change. I recently moved to western NY after renting in cities for 10 years. Our mortgage payments went up another $100/month this year. We already pay three times what my mother pays in CT (for more house/land/better school district). She told me she’d have to move once retired (her mortgage paid off) if she lived where we do.

As a newcomer to NY, the term ‘property tax’ is misleading because it doesn’t include the ‘school tax’, which is just as much. Not only was it a shock, but it was not straightforward to determine because of the multitude of different districts with their own tax rates, for what seemed to be determined by the elementary schools!? I still haven’t figured out the government/district structure yet.

If wages neglect to keep up with the rising tax rates, I can’t see my family being able to continue on as is without considerable change.

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