Let's try another street
in town just in case Chapman Road is an anomally.
Surprise! Surprise! Once again, another street,
Tilden Ave. is just like Chapman Road,
Twyndom Terrace, Hughes Lane Roman Road and Tibbitts Road and
Sleepy Hollow Lane.
Tilden Ave.
is a left hand turn off of Higby Road if you are coming from Chapman Road.
This report is a pdf document and will print on a 8 1/2 x 14 inch paper.
On the spreadsheet, column headings for Year 2003 are
highlighted in yellow because
that is the year that all the homes on Tilden Ave. were in Neighborhood Codes that were reassessed
except for one. 1701 Tilden Ave. was in Neighborhood Code 4813 until 2003 when they moved it
into Neighborhood Code 4815 (High End). Unfortunately, 4815 was reassessed in 2002.
When they moved the home from Neighborhood Code 4813 (Utica Influenced to 4815 (High End) in
2003, I guess they didn't seem to think it was deserving of an assessment increase. That home
is currently for sale and is located at the corner of Tilden Ave and the Pleasant. It is
amazing that it took until 2003 for them to realize that it is a high end home. I guess instead
of correcting the "neighborhood code"error by reassessing the property in 2003 like they did with so many
other parcels that they all of a sudden found were in the wrong neighborhood code, they decided to
just trend the property in 2004. See Neighborhood
Codes for descriptions of each "Neighborhood".
Look at the Neighborhood Codes on Tilden; besides the one 4815 (High End) 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
4813 (Utica Influenced). Interesting. And how about the 4811 - Rural--that were moved to
4807 (Older Subdivisions) in 2003 and then back to 4811 Rural in 2004. What's up with that--are
they rural or an older subdivision? Did you notice that one property that clearly
is a 4815 (High End) home was moved into Neighborhood Code 4807 in 2003 and then back to 4815 (High End)?
What's up with that?
Now compare neighborhood codes on Tilden Ave. 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 340.000 are Neighborhood Code 4811; and all other tax map numbers are Neighborhood Code 4813.
Then in 2003, everyone that was a Neighborhood Code 4811 (Rural) is moved to Neighborhood Code 4807 (Older Subdivision).
Oddly enough though, only 9 of the 33 homes on Tilden Ave. actually had their assessments raised in
2003. Assessments highlighted in gray on the
spreadsheet were not raised. So are we to believe that 73% of Tilden Ave. did not see an increase
in market value in 2003? Strange?
In 2004, they moved every parcel on Tilden Ave. 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. 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?
Do you think it is possible to be a Rural property and then an older subdivision and then
back to rural? 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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