New York in general has pretty moderate property taxes, ranked 10-20th depending on exactly how it’s calculated, and well behind Texas, NJ, most of New England, Illinois, Nebraska and Ohio.
In NY county and Queens they are well below the average for NY and slightly below the national average.
This thread however is about property taxes specifically. If you want to argue that NY should reduce income taxes and increase property taxes, I’m here for it, it’s a better way to collect money. But having a high level of taxation in general is good if those taxes go to services. What’s the average gas bill in Texas compared to NY? Also, with a progressive tax system it shouldn’t be surprising that the place with incredibly high salaries is also paying more taxes.
New York in general has pretty moderate property taxes, ranked 10-20th depending on exactly how it’s calculated, and well behind Texas, NJ, most of New England, Illinois, Nebraska and Ohio.
In NY county and Queens they are well below the average for NY and slightly below the national average.
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/property-taxes-by-state-county/
New York is No. 2 behind Hawaii for the overall tax burden. Texas is 40th. Source is wallethub.
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-highest-lowest-tax-burden/20494
This thread however is about property taxes specifically. If you want to argue that NY should reduce income taxes and increase property taxes, I’m here for it, it’s a better way to collect money. But having a high level of taxation in general is good if those taxes go to services. What’s the average gas bill in Texas compared to NY? Also, with a progressive tax system it shouldn’t be surprising that the place with incredibly high salaries is also paying more taxes.