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Report: Sandy victims facing new tax hit after superstorm

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    Reaction from New York City Councilman Dan Halloran

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-- first the sandy NN now all the attacks then headed to your city officials -- the property guy is for some homes that were actually hit by sandy.

Some by tens of thousands of dollars that's gonna mean a lot higher taxes right now.

Homeowners getting it with the higher bills calling it unconscionable even heartless.

-- City Council is an hour and has some other choice but he joins us now.

On how -- this.

-- this is the convoluted and arcane system of New York city's real property tax -- they allow.

Cap of 6% per year of increases but.

They bank the rest of it so leaving years when their.

Despite the fact that.

Almost every elected officials said this is not the year -- -- these assessment increases in fact a minority leader Jimmie Otto has put in a bill.

And is trying to get the speaker's office to move it forward which would prevent just this sort of tax hike on property some -- These -- on every year counts absolutely every year without fail people would have come to the conclusion earlier last fall there was a bad.

Hurricane and maybe this would not be -- -- to do that may it may be October -- -- this year they would have not figured out that going to you -- the end result would be that a lot of Staten islanders and others were sure looking at higher property bills.

Some of them on property they don't even have -- Set not just that -- -- at -- out of the -- always breezy point and some of those homes substantial devaluations occurred complete wipe -- 120 homes and breezy point alone in my -- out think that through before they sent the mailings out for the department of finance doesn't think a lot of things through they're on a revenue kick and again the city's got to spend 72 billion dollars this year and its next budget -- got to find a way to have that money.

This is one of the ways the -- able to increase its spending each year who polices just that when -- -- You know but mailings go out councilman.

Does anyone did say you know on the optics on this don't look good luck would have hoped the mayor's office would have -- take a look at that.

We will have hearings now with the department of finance over the budget for this next phase of fiscal years you know the -- just -- -- -- he was gonna make even more sick to -- stomach.

Look at the return address to those tax -- it's in New Jersey.

The city of New York outsource is the collection of tax revenues to a place in New Jersey.

And the water bills took place in Pennsylvania.

So we can't even afford to do business of collecting taxes inside New York but legally are residents in these -- -- still required.

To pay these higher tax they are unless they -- the process but guess what.

That expiration date is February 15.

You have to have your grievance and by February 15 or won't be considered so you are unable to pay the taxes you have yet another problem with the tax man on top of everything else and we've pushed forward lien sales so if there's a sufficient amount of money in leans on your property for property taxes or for water and sewer bills.

The city can connect to you so why doesn't Mayor Bloomberg does -- -- this is stupid we made a mistake I can't believe he's got moans about the do you use a tournament that.

But did you see this is done.

We'll look the mayor has done a lot of things for hurricane sandy victims and advocating in Washington it's time for an attorney's focus on his own administration insane -- -- Hey have you paid attention to what I did about DC maybe we should be doing the same thing.

Right here in our own backyard aren't it councilman thank you very very much we did get this from a New York City.

Finance department spokesman -- -- told us the valuation of properties in back of my targets Andy is ongoing the final assessment.

-- will be published in late.

May even if this doesn't take away from the students at these assessments prior.

And will mean higher taxes but but we appreciate the statement violence meanwhile.

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