The Daily Voice founder and finance columnist Jane Bryant Quinn has written a primer on challenging your property tax assessment. You can read it here.
Also the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance offers information on how to contest your property tax assessment on its website. You don't need a lawyer to do it, and you can often file your grievance online. The department has a how-to video on YouTube about it.
Here are the Westchester municipalities that have June 18h tax grievance deadlines:
Bedford Cortlandt Eastchester Greenburgh Harrison Lewisboro Mamaroneck Town Mount Kisco Town Mount Pleasant New Castle Town North Castle Town North Salem New Rochelle Peekskill Ossining Town Pelham Town Pound Ridge Rye Town Scarsdale Town Scarsdale Village Somers Yorktown
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