My Brooklyn Report

How much are you being charged for Property Taxes in New York City?

I’m sure the thought has crossed your mind. However, we understand why property tax is collected. It takes a lot of money to run a City that never sleeps.

Property Tax in New York City funds public school education, police and fire protection, emergency services, garbage pick up, public health care and hospital services, roadway and street maintenance, etc…

And while New York City has diverse sources of revenue (Sales Tax, Transfer Tax, Fees, Fines, etc…), its largest source is Property Taxes.

I can remember coming from the store each Sunday morning with the Daily News, my mother’s newspaper of choice. And after breakfast she’d sit on her bed and get caught up with the “State of the Condition”, often quoting her mother’s wisdom about how…