Weird   Ruth Bergeron on the assessment board - why is it her name not on the house in which she lives with her husband?  But they own some vacant land in Duanesburg--no problem with that--but be on their way out of the city soon?  

Well regardless, people who grieve should be happy to get her on the in person meeting.

However their house is assessed for 196,000 and maybe grievants would be lucky to get her as the usually 3 out of 5 who hear grievances, because a house just about across the street from theirs is assessed for $201,000 and sold for a paltry $135,000.  Another house 1129 Ardsley is assessed for $175,000 and was listed a year ago for sale and finally sold for a paltry $109,000.   Another Ardsley Rd house, 1520, it was assessed for $207,000, it's owner got a reduction to $186,000 in 2011, and grieved again in 2013 getting an assessment down to $162,000 --it has been listed for sale it was listed for sale in January 2012, initially asking $179,000 obviously won the assessment reduction based on inability to sell at the value the city claimed, it finally sold, after a year and half on the market for a paltry $139,500

Anyone who gets her for their in person meeting should reference that "houses are so far below assessment value, Ms Bergeron as you know form your own street where houses are selling for only bout 2/3 of what they were assessed for" and actually that's the case with houses in that immediate area too, notice the thread about nice houses in the city for sale that are empty.