Long Beach To County: Stop Overtaxing Our Residents

The Long Beach City Council wrote a letter to Nassau County this week demanding that the county assess homes in the city fairly and stop overtaxing residents.

The council wrote the letter urging the county to bring parity to assessments between those who grieve their taxes and those who don't.

As an example, the council shared the story of Long Beach resident Claudia Decker, who recently built a home in the city. The county assessed her home value at $602,900, and the city at $601,750. However, because she did not grieve her taxes, and because of the math that goes into assessing property, the city says that her home will be taxed in the 2017-18 school year as if it was valued at $941,875. And in the 2018-19 school year, it will go up, being taxed as if it was valued at $1,004,666.

"We request that you review this and other unfair assessments of homes in our city," the council wrote. "The outrageous misrepresentation of the assessed value for homes without grievances filed is deceptive and unfair to homeowners. We strongly believe that everyone should be assessed at the same level of assessment as per property tax law."

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