Justin Brannan Claimed He Lowered Your Property Tax Bill by $300. Did Anyone Get a Lower Property Tax Bill?
In July, Brannan told Bay Ridge that he and NYC Council reduced home owners property tax by $300.
I haven’t found anyone who in Bay Ridge or Dyker Heights or got a lower bill from last year.
Councilman Brannan doesn’t think he needs to be accountable for what he says.
Newspapers wrote that properties in NYC would be taxed at the same rate as last year. Yes our tax increased this year AGAIN. Yours too?
Today on social media, Councilman Brannan pretended to be outraged about property taxes on social media.
His poor choice of words shows Brannan’s lack of education.
Brannan thinks people want to hear this type of language. This is just unprofessional!
The reality is Brannan is part of the red tape that has permitted a broken property tax system to continue. Brannan pushed for the property tax commission because he knew that would help the delay the process.
Everyone knows a property tax commission wasn’t needed to say that the rates are disproportionately uneven.
When the Property Tax Commission finally came in with their report, they left out the property tax rate.
At that point, Senator Andrew Gounardes should have sued the city or proceeded in Albany with making changes to the law. Gounardes didn’t do anything because he follows his party. (See video where he says he is waiting for on the Mayor)
Gounardes plays around tweeting messages on Twitter and Facebook, but he is a terrible representative for our area.
I didn’t think that a representative would need to be a home owner to understand they need to do something when their area is being overtaxed by thousands.
This week, Mayor de Blasio said he would continue the property tax commission hearings with the public.
Andrew Gounardes responded to the mayor: “Great.”
Gounardes should have asked for a date for the property tax rate, but he didn’t because he knows nothing is going to happen. #Fail
Deputy Mayor, Vicki Been let everyone know that property taxes wouldn’t be adjusted during Mayor de Blasio’s time. (See here) The next day she was forced to recant that statement (the woman has to pay her bills).
It’s ridiculous for NYC to continue property tax hearings during COVID-19 (or any other time). No one is going to say: “My property tax is too low.” Brad Lander from Park Slope SHOULD, but Brannan and Gounardes’ friend doesn’t want higher taxes either.
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Hugs,
marlene
Topics: Bay Ridge | 1 Comment »
February 13th, 2021 at 3:48 pm
Gounardes has done nothing for this. We’ve been hearing about this since the first day of his first term.
He can’t take initiative on anything even slightly controversial. Look at this past week, after months of “the other side” calling for more info on the nursing home deaths and forcing a vote every session this year to rescind the governors emergency powers Andrew finally decided to chime in when other members of his party also chimed in. Andrew is the worst kind of politician. He couldn’t stand up for Bay Ridge (or any part of his district) when they passed the property tax cap for the rest of New York State, and he can’t stand up to anyone else unless he has the OK from his party.