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    VIRTUAL CLE ANNOUNCEMENT: NYC PROPERTY TAX CLE 2021 – Wednesday, January 13th

    CLE  •  Webinar

    CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

    When: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 from 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM

    Where: Zoom, program materials and login information will be provided to registrants 24 hours prior to the event.

    Credit: 2.5 Transitional and Nontransitional CLE: 2.0 in Professional Practice and 0.5 in Ethics and Professionalism

    Cost: $250 registration fee, $100 NYC Agency Attorneys

    For more information and to register, click here. (read more…)

    Tags : CLE, NYC Property Tax
    Date:12/18/2020
    Category : Events
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    Mayor Announces Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform

    Property Tax  •  Citywide

    Mayor Bill de Blasio. Image Credit: Benjamin Kanter/Mayoral Photo Office.

    Advisory commission will conduct comprehensive review of property tax system. On May 31, 2018, Mayor De Blasio announced the formation of an advisory commission to develop recommendations to reform the City’s property tax system. The reform aims to make the property tax system simpler, clearer, and fairer, as well as ensure that there is no reduction in revenue used to fund essential City services. The property tax system has not had an in-depth review by such commission since 1993. (read more…)

    Tags : advisory commission, New York City Property Tax, NYC Property Tax, property tax
    Date:06/05/2018
    Category : Mayor
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    Property Tax Lien Sale Program Extended by City Council

    Property Tax  •  Citywide
    Current debt thresholds triggering a tax lien sale. Image Credit: City Council.

    Current debt thresholds triggering a tax lien sale. Image Credit: City Council.

    The City’s Lien Sale Program has been extended another four years with some minor modifications. A lien is a legal claim against a property for unpaid property taxes, water, sewer or other property charges. When the property owner has been delinquent for a specified period of time, the City is allowed to sell the liens to an authorized third party. The new purchaser then has the authority to collect the money that was previously owed to the City, plus other fees and interest. (read more…)

    Tags : Lien Sale Program, NYC Property Tax, Tax Liens
    Date:01/23/2017
    Category : City Council
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    A Property Tax Cap – What It Would Do and What It Would Not Do

    George V. Sweeting
    George Sweeting, NYC Independent Budget Office.

    George Sweeting, NYC Independent Budget Office.

    Last month, at a State Legislature hearing in Albany on the Governor’s proposed budget, Mayor de Blasio faced repeated questions about why New York City is exempt from the cap on property tax increases that applies elsewhere in the state. The legislators cited a variety of reasons why the city should accept a cap, although few hold up to scrutiny – most notably the assertion that a cap was a “fix” for the city’s broken property tax system. (read more…)

    Tags : IBO, Medicaid, NYC Property Tax
    Date:02/16/2016
    Category : Commentary
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