Councilman Brannan Fools Home Owners with Press Releases on Property Taxes
Justin Brannan keeps writing press releases about property taxes. Councilman Brannan hasn’t done anything to help home owners in Bay Ridge, so he shouldn’t be sending newspapers articles acting as if he is doing something.
A few months ago, Brannan played the same game with an article to the paper. A financial expert wrote a response and explained why Brannan’s idea would be harmful to older home owners. See here and here
We asked Justin last year about freezing the property tax rate last year. Brannan said it wasn’t a good idea. This weekend, Brannan and Borelli had an article in the paper suggesting that the property tax rate be frozen. Their article didn’t suggest that overtaxed areas be frozen – it was for all areas to be frozen.
Dyker Heights home conversions haven’t been addressed with anything but press releases as well. People are waiting for Brannan to do something. Yet, Brannan doesn’t know what to do or is afraid to proceed against his party. He’s been in office for two years and there have been no changes.
If a politician has done something, then they should write a press release. If their “something” is the press release and there is no action, we have a problem!
I wish Councilman Brannan would stop playing politics on this topic. We get that it’s not important to him. If it was, Brannan would have met with the Council members who are representing the overtaxed areas and made a bill.
Justin Brannan is a lawmaker and he is able to write a law for us, but has not done so.
Hugs,
marlene
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