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Residents ask Plattsburgh to raise senior exemption, review commercial property assessments
Summary
At the May 15 Plattsburgh Common Council meeting a resident urged the council to increase the city's senior citizen property‑tax exemption (unchanged since 2006) and to reassess commercial properties the speaker said were underassessed; another resident urged restoration of the city assessment department.
A public commenter at the May 15 Plattsburgh Common Council meeting urged the city to increase the senior‑citizen property‑tax exemption and to reassess commercial properties she said have not been updated in years.
"The city of Plattsburgh has not had a review or a change since 02/2006," the resident told the council, arguing the current senior exemption level, she said, is $26,000 and is outdated amid Social Security cost‑of‑living increases and rising health care costs. The speaker said New York state allows senior exemptions with income limits up to $50,000 for a 50 percent exemption and a sliding scale (the speaker cited an upper sliding scale figure of $58,000), and…
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