ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, EDUCATION, REAL PROPERTY TAXATION

, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND CITIES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
SUBJECT:
Cap on Real Property Taxes

PURPOSE:
To examine and assess the impact of capping real property taxes in New York Stat
e

Tuesday
March 1, 2011
10:00 am
Hamilton Hearing Room B,
Legislative Office Building,
2nd Floor, Albany, New York
Governor Cuomo has proposed a property tax cap for New York, S. 2706 (Skelos)/ A
. 3982 (Silver) that would limit real property tax levies of local governments (
which would include counties, cities, towns, villages, fire and other special di
stricts, excluding New York City) and school districts to a year-over-year growt
h of no more than two percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is less. The b
ill would allow the limitation to be overridden by towns, cities and villages, v
ia a local law passed by a two-thirds vote of the local governing body and a maj
ority vote of the public; by fire and special districts, via adoption of a resol
ution; and for a school district budget, via a public vote of more than 60 perce
nt approval.
Property taxes are the largest source of revenue collected by local governments
and school districts. The purpose of this hearing is to examine what effects a p
roposed property tax cap would have on property owners, local governments and sc
hool districts; and, to evaluate alternative proposals that would allow property
owners tax relief while ensuring vital services and benefits are maintained.
Oral testimony will be limited to ten (10) minutes duration. In preparing the or
der of witnesses, the Committees will attempt to accommodate individual requests
to speak at particular times in view of special circumstances. These requests s
hould be made on the attached reply form or communicated to Committee staff as e
arly as possible. Any persons wishing to present pertinent oral or written testi
mony to the Committees at the above hearing should complete and return the enclo
sed reply form by Thursday, February 24, 2011. It is important that the enclosed
reply form be fully completed and returned so that persons may be notified in t
he event of emergency postponement or cancellation.
Twenty copies of any prepared testimony should be submitted at the hearing regis
tration desk. The Committees would appreciate advance receipt of prepared statem
ents.
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nd organizations of the Committees' interest in hearing testimony from all sourc
es.
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accordance with its policy of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, as
well as the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), has made its facilities
and services available to all individuals with disabilities. For individuals wit
h disabilities, accommodations will be provided, upon reasonable request, to aff
ord such individuals access and admission to Assembly facilities and activities.
Herman D. Farrell, Jr.
Member of Assembly
Chair, Ways and Means Committee
Catherine Nolan
Member of Assembly
Chair, Committee on Education
Sandra Galef
Member of Assembly
Chair, Committee on Real Property Taxation
William Magnarelli
Member of Assembly
Chair, Committee on Local Governments
Carl Heastie
Member of Assembly
Chair, Committee on Cities

PUBLIC HEARING REPLY FORM

Persons wishing to present testimony at the public hearing on Cap on Property Ta
xes are requested to complete this reply form as soon as possible and mail, emai
l or fax it to:
Clinton Freeman
Assembly Committee on Ways & Means
Room 923 - LOB
Albany, New York 12248
Email: freemac@assembly.state.ny.us
Phone: (518) 455-5491
Fax: (518) 455-5776
I plan to attend the public hearing to be conducted by the Assembly Committees o
n Ways and Means; Education; Real Property Taxation; Local Governments; and, Cit
ies on Tuesday, March 1, 2011.
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o ten minutes, and I will answer any questions which may arise. I will provide 2
0 copies of my prepared statement.
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