Updated tentative assessed values for every property in Nassau County have been finalized and posted online, County Executive Laura Curran and Assessor David Moog announced last Thursday.
The updated assessed values are one factor in determining property taxes for the 2021-22 tax year.
Curran said she and her staff will continue their commitment to keeping a transparent lens on the county’s assessment system and keeping property values current.
“Thanks to the hard work of our assessment team, we’ve made real progress in fixing the prior administration’s corrupted, broken property assessment system,” Curran said. “Today I am introducing a countywide series of community information sessions hosted with County Assessor David Moog and his team.”
In addition to being posted online at mynassauproperty.com, assessments will be sent by mail, and owners should expect to receive them by Jan. 31, according to the news release.
Countywide information sessions with Moog and the Department of Assessment began on Monday in an effort to provide property owners with the resources needed to fully understand their assessments.
The information sessions will include opportunities for individual assistance and to discuss topics such as the assessment process and calendar of important dates, property values listed for the 2021-22 tax year, and general information regarding exemptions and filing grievances.
“When our homeowners pay town, school, special district, and county taxes, they deserve the assurance that the amounts they are paying are fair and equitable,” Curran said. “I am proud to say we are now in our second year of producing more accurate, up-to-date property values utilizing the most current data available and the latest technology.”
Additionally, the Department of Assessment will field questions about Curran’s Taxpayer Protection Plan, which was approved by the state last year. The plan, according to county officials, will secure property tax exemptions for property owners with one to three residential units, or class one owners, experiencing increases as part of the first county-wide reassessment in almost a decade.
The plan also includes a five-year phase-in of any increase in the assessed property value, with 20 percent of the increase added to the property every five years, beginning in the 2020-21 tax year.
Though the phase-in plan was approved by the state, it still must be passed by the County Legislature to be implemented. If approved, homeowners will see the effects of the plan in their school tax bill in October and in the general tax bill in January 2021, according to officials.
“The Legislature must take the final step and pass my Taxpayer Protection Plan to ease in changes from the reassessment over a five-year period. Without enacting this phase-in plan, half of residents will see an immediate significant increase in their property taxes. We must protect our taxpayers and get this done,” Curran said. “Once again, I call on the Nassau County Legislative Majority to allow a vote on this important legislation.”
