Binghamton is another poverty dumpsite. GB gets frustrated when people throw around numbers they don't understand, or, like our former mayor did, throw around numbers in a misleading way to get people to believe his bs. Schenectady's property taxes are way too high, and are getting worse, and no chart with numbers on it is going to change that FACT, and since you don't even live here and suffer, I don't see what the heck you are trying to prove, Box. Buy a house here and tell me it isn't so bad. Rye is a wealthy NYC suburb, with excellent schools and low, low, crime, something like we used to be, except for the wealth part. Don't worry, the "diversity" crowd is working on that.
Obviously the city of Schenectady must be paying someone off to lie
Here are the numbers for 2013
School tax rate 2012-2013 22.10 County tax rate 7.03 City tax rate 13.58
Total 42.71
Those rates are based on the assessed value. Converting that to the city's claim of full market value would make that total $42.71 even higher. Then converting it to the REAL market value will make that rate probably closer to $50 per $1,000
Then add the trash fee, the sewer fee, and the water fee. Now go do the math.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
Binghamton is another poverty dumpsite. GB gets frustrated when people throw around numbers they don't understand, or, like our former mayor did, throw around numbers in a misleading way to get people to believe his bs. Schenectady's property taxes are way too high, and are getting worse, and no chart with numbers on it is going to change that FACT, and since you don't even live here and suffer, I don't see what the heck you are trying to prove, Box. Buy a house here and tell me it isn't so bad. Rye is a wealthy NYC suburb, with excellent schools and low, low, crime, something like we used to be, except for the wealth part. Don't worry, the "diversity" crowd is working on that.
If I moved to Schenectady, my tax rate would decrease by $10.00 per thousand.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
2011 Statewide City Rankings: Taxes Per Capita (Schenectady has the 4th lowest tax per capita in the state!)
Taxes Per Capita Sum of real property taxes and assessments, other real property tax items, sales and use tax and other non-property taxes, divided by population. Source: Office of State Comptroller, with further calculations by the Empire Center for New York State Policy (Ranks = Highest to Lowest)
Hey, add in the median income, then tell me if Schenectady doesn't rank in the top 5.
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Schenectady, New York – $17,076 Amsterdam, New York – $16,680 Troy, New York – $16,796 Poughkeepsie, New York – $16,759 Gloversville, New York – $15,207 Binghamton, New York – $17,067 East Syracuse, New York – $17,066 Lackawanna, New York – $16,727 Herkimer, New York – $16,498 Watertown, New York – $16,354 Hudson, New York – $15,759 Niagara Falls, New York – $15,721 Rochester, New York – $15,588 Syracuse, New York – $15,168 Buffalo, New York – $14,991 Cortland, New York – $14,267 Ilion, New York – $14,264 Ithaca, New York – $13,408 Newburgh, New York – $13,360 Plattsburgh West, New York – $11,810 New Paltz, New York – $11,644
Out of the 1050 cities measured, Schenectady is #780 on the list.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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