Chapman Road runs between Oneida Street and Higby Road.
This report is a pdf document and will print on a 8 1/2 x 14 inch paper.
On the report, column headings for Year 2003 are highlighted in yellow because
that is the year that all the homes were in Neighborhood Code (4807)
and Neighborhood (4813); both neighborhoods were reassessed in 2003. See Neighborhood
Codes for descriptions of each "Neighborhood".
I thought I would try another area of town--maybe the
problems on the upper side of Oxford Road are specific to that area.
Surprise! Surprise! Once again, another street, Chapman Road is just
like Twyndom Terrace, Hughes Lane
& Roman Road
and Tibbitts Road.
Look at the Neighborhood Codes on Chapman; there are
3 of them--Neighborhood Code 4807 (Older Subdivision), Neighborhood Code
4811 (Rural) and Neighborhood Code 4813 (Utica Influenced). Notice
how there even seems to be a couple of 4811 Rural among the 4807 Older
Subdivisions. Interesting. And how about the 4813 - Utica
Influenced--according to the Neighborhood Code descriptions, that
neighborhood is supposed to be on the Valley View side of Higby Road. Not much good
having Neighborhood Code descriptions if you don't follow them.
Now compare neighborhood codes on Chapman Road for 2002 versus 2003. Notice how in 2001 and
2002 the neighborhood codes are different depending on the tax map number--tax map numbers starting with 339.016 are
Neighborhood Code 4807; tax map numbers starting with 340.000 are Neighborhood Code 4811; and tax map numbers
starting with 340.010 are Neighborhood Code 4813. Then in 2003, everyone that was a Neighborhood Code 4811 (Rural)
is moved to Neighborhood Code 4807 (Older Subdivision). So in 2003, everyone was in a "Neighborhood" that was reassessed--both
Neighborhood Code 4813 and 4807 were reassessed that year.
Oddly enough though, only 12 of the 63 homes on Chapman Road actually
had their assessments raised in 2003. Assessments
highlighted in gray on the spreadsheet
were not raised. So we are
to believe that 80% of Chapman Road did not see an increase in market value in 2003. Strange?
In 2004, they moved every parcel on Chapman Road
that starts with tax map number 340.000 back to Neighborhood Code
4811 (Rural)--that would be the same parcels they moved into
Neighborhood Code 4807 (Older Subdivisions) in 2003. Can you guess what part of Chapman Road is rural? I am guessing it is
in the Weston
Road area (the road leading to Ralph Perry Jr. High School because all the parcels in that area have the same tax map numbers and are also in Neighborhood Code 4811. Do you think
that placing homes in Neighborhood Codes without regard to their size or condition and only depending on their
tax map number is fair assessing?
If you haven't read our report "The Rest of the
Story" , you might want to do that now--it will help
clarify the tax map number question.
Let me stress this again. The equalization rate is determined by the State using
their estimation of the Total Assessed Value of the Town of New Hartford vs. the actual total assessed value of
properties in the Town of New Hartford. Therefore, if there are a lot of under-assessed homes in New Hartford, the
equalization rate takes a nosedive every time one of those homes sells for more than the assessed
value. Not to
mention the fact that it just isn't fair to make some people have to grieve
their assessment while others sit on there
a$$,
nor should anyone have to pay more than their fair share and clearly
everyone should be paying their fair share.
Believe me everyone is affected by this type of "selective reassessing".
Fair assessing in the Town of New Hartford? You decide.
Take a look at our other spreadsheets (in pdf format--you will need 8.5 by 14 paper to print or you will have
to piece smaller sheets together after printing)
Paris Road, Higby Road, Jordan
Road and Lloyds Lane. More streets will be added.
Please keep watching this site if you want to know what really
happened. Email us
New Hartford, N.Y. Online if you have any questions or better yet, check with the assessor to see if he agrees with our reports
and then ask him "How Come?"
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