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Sebastian Hallum Clarke's avatar

One soul-crushing irony is that basically all NY’s politicians agree that the status quo of our property tax system is bad, and yet the problem has persisted for years and years, with no meaningful reforms on the horizon. I wrote a bit about what causes this gridlock: https://www.sidewalkchorus.com/p/property-tax-reform

In essence, property tax is a very low salience issue, especially for the two-thirds of NYC households that rent their home — even though apartment renters ultimately end up paying these taxes through their rent. And resolving the mess requires simultaneous action at both the city and state level, which has been elusive.

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Peter's avatar

Brilliant research, Steve!

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Peter's avatar

ma lo scappellamento è a destra?

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Tim Dingman's avatar

Was there an era of more sensible property taxes in NYC? Or just different versions of "approximately equally bad"

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Stephen Hoskins's avatar

There was a brief window between 1975 (when a lawsuit ruled that fractional assessments were unconstitutional) and 1981 (when a bunch of the existing distortions were introduced), but it has otherwise been mostly like this. Full timeline in our report! https://www.cssny.org/publications/entry/footing-the-bill-fifty-years-of-nyc-property-tax-tenants-towers-low-income-communities-color

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Isaac King's avatar

> progressive (more valuable properties get higher taxes)

This should say higher tax *rates*, to avoid confusion with a flat tax that still requires more valuable properties to pay more.

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Stephen Hoskins's avatar

Fair point! Have edited accordingly

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