Countywide Property Assessment in Westchester?! Really?!?

03/16/11 • 39 min

Inside Government with your Westchester County Legislators

March 7, 2011 -- Westchester County Board Chairman Ken Jenkins, Yonkers City Council President & Chair of the Westchester Municipal Officials Association Chuck Lesnick and Ossining Town Assessor and member of the Collaborative Assessment Commission Josette Polzella discuss the current system of property-tax assessments in Westchester and recommendations made by the Collaborative Assessment Commission, saying that every parcel in the county should be reassessed every four years, making property taxes fairer and reducing the number of lawsuits filed to argue tax assessments.

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