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    Comptroller Releases Retail Vacancy Report in Response to City Planning’s Report

    Audit Report  •  Citywide

    NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer. Image credit: Office of the New York City Comptroller

    Comptroller’s office analyzes other sources of data, concluding retail vacancy is citywide problem. On September 25, 2019, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released a report regarding New York City’s retail vacancy crisis. Comptroller Stringer’s report is intended to fill a void in unexplored data from City Planning’s August 8, 2019, analysis of the same topic.

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    Tags : City Comptroller, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, City Planning, City Planning Commission, commercial real estate, real estate, retail, retail real estate, vacancy
    Date:10/14/2019
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    Comptroller Report: Property Taxes Are Increasingly Hurting Low-Income New Yorkers

    Property Taxes  •  Citywide

    Image credit: City of New York, Office of the Comptroller.

    Comptroller calls for an expansion of property tax relief programs in the City. On September 6, 2018, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer issued a report detailing property tax increases in the City from 2005 to 2016 and their effect on households at different income levels. The report highlights the dramatic impact that these increases have had, particularly on households with incomes below $50,000 and the inability of existing property tax relief programs to ease the burden of taxpayers at this income level. The report shows how the City tax relief programs fare in comparison to other states that offer tax benefit programs, specifically Maryland and Washington D.C, where benefits are higher and more expansive. The report is a call to policy makers and the recently established NYC Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform to re-evaluate the impact of property tax increases and the ineffectiveness of existing tax benefit programs in order to turn New York City’s tax system from a regressive one to a progressive one. To read CityLand’s prior coverage on NYC Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform, click here (read more…)

    Tags : Basic STAR, Circuit Breaker, City Comptroller, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Department of Finance, Enhanced STAR, NYC Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform, NYC Enhanced Property Tax Benefit, NYC School Tax Credit, property taxes, SCHE, tax credit, tax reform, tax relief, tax relief program
    Date:09/25/2018
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    City Comptroller’s Response to Airbnb Guest Commentary

    Scott Stringer

    Image credit: NYC Office of the Comptroller.

    [The following guest commentary is a response to Airbnb’s commentary published here.]

    New Yorkers are facing a growing affordability crisis, and over the years my office has examined many factors that have proven to contribute to the burden of rising prices – including, most recently, a report on the impact of Airbnb on New York City rental prices. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Airbnb, City Comptroller, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, housing
    Date:05/23/2018
    Category : Commentary
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    Guest Commentary: The Truth about Airbnb, Housing, and New York City

    Josh Meltzer

    Image credit: Airbnb

    NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer recently released a report on Airbnb in New York City that is wrong on the facts, wrong on the methodology and wrong in its conclusions. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Airbnb, City Comptroller, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, home sharing, homesharing, housing
    Date:05/21/2018
    Category : Commentary
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    Past Corruption in New York City: Marcus, Tweed & Gross

    Cover Article by Ross Sandler
    Tweed Courthouse. Image credit: CityLaw

    Tweed Courthouse. Image credit: CityLaw

    New York City has a long and rich history of scandal and corruption. Here are three examples from favorite books that visit past scandals in complete and revealing detail.

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    Tags : City Comptroller, Con Edison, Harry Gross, Jerome Park Reservoir, NYPD, Tweed Courthouse
    Date:08/23/2016
    Category : CityLaw
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    Comptroller Releases Findings of Lost City Revenue in Audit of Department of Finance

    Property Tax Audit  •  Brooklyn
    One of the buildings designated by the Department of Finance as a primarily residential Class 1 property. Image credit: Office of the New York City Comptroller

    One of the buildings designated by the Department of Finance as a primarily residential Class 1 property. Image credit: Office of the New York City Comptroller

    The audit report reveals that the misclassification of 140 properties has deprived the City of $1.7 million annually in lost property tax revenue. On February 18, 2016, the Office of the NYC Comptroller publicized the results from its audit of the New York City Department of Finance.  The audit sought to investigate whether the Department of Finance had implemented procedures that adequately safeguard against the misclassification of Brooklyn property sites. The Comptroller’s Office and DOF ultimately seem to differ on the definition of “adequate.”

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    Tags : Audit Report, City Comptroller, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Department of Finance, Real Property Tax Law
    Date:03/02/2016
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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