Justin Brannan and Joe Borelli – All the Times These Two Men Fooled People Into Thinking They Were Doing Something About High Property Taxes
Justin Brannan is home with Covid-19, but the politician continues to write articles pretending to care about the disproportionate property taxes in NYC.
Year after year, Justin Brannan failed to do anything to change the property system because he thinks writing articles in newspapers will fool Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights residents.
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This week….another nonsense Op-Ed from two politicians who failed their communities. (See here) Brannan and Borelli must think Op-Ed means their opportunity to fool you!
August 2020 – Brannan and Borelli put together this word soup in The Daily News. Neither politician took action to get property tax reform before the new bills were released.
July 2020 – Justin Brannan boasted that he and NYC Council lowered our property taxes by $300. Bay Ridge’s property taxes increased AGAIN. (See here)
March 2020 – Brannan published a press release about property taxes, even though he didn’t do anything. (See here)
February 2020 – Brannan and Borelli wrote an article about freezing taxes. They didn’t do anything to freeze the tax besides writing the article. (See here)
January 2020- Brannan praised the property tax commission (See here) EVEN THOUGH THEY RETURNED AN INCOMPLETE REPORT. A new property tax rate was not provides. (Gounardes didn’t do anything when this happened, even though he said he was waiting for de Blasio)
December 2019:
a) The Property Tax Commission didn’t produce a report more than a year and a half after they formed the Property Tax Commission. (See here) Borelli and Brannan did nothing.
b) Brannan and Mayor de Blasio were seen at Tanoreen. By this time Justin Brannan knew property tax reform was not coming. (See here)
c) Brannan and Borelli penned a nonsense article about their dead bill from 2018. The bill went nowhere because it was so flawed. Howard Husock, a policy reform expert wrote an article countering their bill because it would hurt long-time property owners in NYC. (See here) Borelli acknowledged Husock’s article and couldn’t talk his way out of the stupid bill the politicians proposed. (See here) #Pathetic
July 2019 – Borelli fills in for a local radio show host. Brannan appears on the talk show and both talk about The Property Tax Commission that didn’t do anything. (See here)
June 2019 – More than a year after the Property Tax Commission was formed, no one followed up on it. Brannan and Borelli stand outside and have their picture taken. They didn’t invite anyone to this presser. (See here) They also sent out a letter which didn’t receive a reply. (See here)
January 2019 – Brannan told constituents he would help them understand their property tax bill. Nonsense article. (See here)
May 2018 – Justin Brannan recommended the property tax commission.
We believe the commission was formed to buy time instead of reforming the system.
In January 2018, Brannan started work as our Councilman. He put this bill in the first month he was in office. Is that what you elected him to do?
If you want to know who is winning in NYC, go to the NYC Lobbyist Search. (See here) On the left, go to target and type Justin Brannan. Even during Covid-19, Brannan was pushing a drone bill for lobbyists. (See here)
When people in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights say they NEED A NEW COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE – this is why. People are sick and tired of the same nonsense year after year.
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Hugs,
marlene
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