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Council debates assessment-driven tax changes as residential values rise
Summary
Councilors discussed recent residential reassessments, uneven commercial reassessment coverage, and the effect on homeowners after staff said assessments increased sharply over the last two years; members explored state reimbursement for non-taxable properties and possible curb/sidewalk surtaxes as long-term options.
Members of the Plattsburgh Common Council spent significant time discussing property-assessment changes and their effect on local taxes after staff presented assessment data covering 2021–2024.
Staff described large assessment increases driven primarily by residential comparables, noting roughly $270 million in residential reassessment growth over two years and individual residential increases of 10–25% in recent years. Councilors said commercial properties were not uniformly reassessed in the…
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