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City Council Board of Review certifies $12 million in assessment reductions after appeals
Summary
The City Council, meeting as the Board of Review, certified reductions of about $12 million in assessed value for tax year 2026 after hearing appeals and voted unanimously to approve technical corrections and certification of the results.
The New Orleans City Council, sitting as the Board of Review, certified approximately $12,000,000 in reductions to assessed value for tax year 2026 after hearing appeals and approved final certification and minor typographical changes at a meeting called Oct. 9 at 9:30 a.m.
The action matters because the reductions reflect successful taxpayer appeals that lowered assessed values, and council members urged broader public outreach so more property owners know how to use the appeals process.
Scott Spivey, hearing program manager for Hammond and Gainer, presented the board with the year’s hearing results and recommended an overall reduction of 6.99 percent following the appeal process. Spivey told the council that appeals by district totaled: District A, 156; District B, 242; District C, 166; District D, 106; and District E, 52 (with 38 personal-property appeals). He also reported a fair-market-value change of $105,522,547 and said…
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