Hughes Lane and Roman Road are on the upper side of Oxford Road.
Both streets are on one spreadsheet and the report is a pdf document.
You will need an 8 1/2 x 14 inch paper to print (or you can tape
two pages together). Year 2003 is highlighted in yellow because
that is the year that the homes were in a Neighborhood Code (4807) that was reassessed.
Surprise! Surprise! The parcels on both
of these streets are just like Upper Tibbitts Road. All the
parcels on these roads were in Neighborhood Code 4811 (Rural) until 2003. In 2003, they moved them
into Neighborhood Code 4807 (Older Subdivisions)--that would be the year that
Neighborhood 4807 was supposedly
reassessed. But not any of these parcels. There are 11 parcels on Hughes Lane and 8 parcels on Roman Road--not one
of them were reassessed in 2003. Instead they were only trended 5.5% in 2004.
Like the 43 parcels on Upper Tibbitts Road and 2 parcels on Sleepy
Hollow Lane these properties were merely trended in 2004 so
percentage-wise the assessments were actually raised less than homes in
Neighborhood Code 4817 (Starter Homes). Neighborhood Code
4817 (Starter Homes) were trended 7.5% in 2004. That is a total of
64 homes in on 4 streets that have not been reassessed. Why did they move them into
Neighborhood Code 4807 in 2003 and then not reassess them?
Why were they ever in Neighborhood Code 4811 (Rural)? Do you think
it might be a tax map number problem? Are you beginning to see
that moving parcels in and out of "neighborhoods" causes problems? How many other streets do you think this may have happened
on--stay tuned! By the way, how many is too many?
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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