Property tax relief is on the way for strapped homeowners in Nassau County. In addition to a proposed 4% statewide cap on increases by Gov. Paterson, Thomas R. Suozzi, County Executive, has announced a new assessor and ordered a top to bottom review of the assessment system. Assessments have been reduced across the board for almost all of Nassau County residents. Notices of Tentative Assessed Value for 2010-11 will be mailed soon, and reductions will average 17%.
If you still believe that your home has not been assessed correctly, you are entitled to apply for a review. You do not have to pay for this. You may have received letters in the mail from services offering to do this for you, but they charge a hefty fee. Nassau County, via the Assessment Review Commission (ARC), has made it easy to file an appeal, and you can do it online using the Assessment Review Commission Website (AROW). When on this site, you can do an automated search of recent sales in your area to determine if your home is overvalued. This sales search feature is available to you year round, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The ARC encourages you to file an application for correction of assessment for the upcoming filing period, which runs from January 2, 2009 to March 2, 2009. For more information about this program, contact the Commission by phone at 516-571-3214 or by email at ARC@nassaucountyny.gov with any questions or concerns you have regarding your assessment.
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