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New York City’s antiquated method of calculating property taxes has long allowed owners of multimillion-dollar brownstones in Brooklyn and high-rise co-ops by Central Park to pay less in taxes than working-class homeowners in the South Bronx, relative to the value of their properties. Now, a high-level city commission empowered by the mayor and City Council speaker is proposing a major overhaul that would fundamentally shift the tax burden to those wealthier neighborhoods and lessen it for low- and moderate-income homeowners. In a preliminary report posted online Thursday, the commission recommended that the city assess most homes, including co-ops and condominiums, at full market value. Such a formula, while commonplace in many cities and counties, is foreign to New York City, where property taxes are often capped. The changes, which could affect 90 percent of all homeowners in New York City, according to the commission chairman, would have to overcome many hurdles, including approvals from the mayor, the Council, the State Legislature and the governor, before taking effect. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/nyregion/property-tax-reform-nyc.html
