Pay up, \u201ccomrade!\u201d<\/p>\n
A Rockaway homeowner was left fuming after he calculated he\u2019ll pay more property taxes than ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio will likely pay for two properties in trendy Park Slope worth millions more on the open market.<\/p>\n
Robert Rose, who owns a house on the Rockaway peninsula, said he hit pay dirt as he started looking for examples to expose the outrageous inequities in how New York City collects property taxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Robert Rose pays more in property taxes for his Rockaway, Queens, home than former Mayor Bill de Blasio does for his Park Slope properties \u2014 despite the Brooklyn homes being worth much more on the open market. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n Rose\u2019s property tax is estimated to be north of $15,100 \u2014 while de Blasio and his estranged wife, Chirlane McCray, are estimated to have a combined property tax bill of about $13,700.<\/p>\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense,\u201d Rose said. \u201cI\u2019m getting ripped off, and de Blasio is getting a break. Comrade de Blasio, pay your fair share!\u201d<\/p>\n Rose said he had \u201cno beef\u201d with middle-class New Yorkers in Park Slope.<\/p>\n \u201cMy issue is with the hypocrisy of the \u2018Rules for thee but not for me\u2019 from leftist socialists like Bill De Blasio, who push unnecessary social programs but fail to pay their own share in the process, like the property tax example that we went over,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cInevitabl,y the burden gets passed to the hardworking middle-class taxpaying American.\u201d<\/p>\n The property tax bill for Rose\u2019s Rockaway house is estimated to be above $15,100. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n Even de Blasio agreed that Rose has a legitimate grievance.<\/p>\n \u201cRobert absolutely has a point,\u201d the former mayor told The Post. \u201cThis example illustrates why I created a commission <\/a>which proposed a total overhaul of the property tax system in order to create more fairness among neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n But the recommendations were never acted on.<\/p>\n Any major change in the property tax system would require approval by the state Legislature as well as the mayor and City Council.<\/p>\n Former Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s one-unit house on 11th Street in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, had an estimated property tax bill of $8,662.66. Gregory P. Mango for The NY Post<\/p>\n Rose\u2019s one-family home at 145th Street has a market value of $1.9 million and an assessed value of $76,378.<\/p>\n But he\u2019s paying $1,374 more in property taxes than de Blasio pays on two properties \u2014 even though one of the properties has a market value $1.2 million higher than Rose\u2019s home. <\/p>\n That\u2019s because his property is assessed at a higher rate than the de Blasio properties, bumping his taxes higher.<\/p>\n Bill de Blasio\u2019s two-unit property had an estimated tax bill of $5,118.70. Gregory P. Mango for The NY Post<\/p>\n De Blasio\u2019s one-unit home on 11th Street has a market value of $3.199 million but assessed value of just $43,656 \u2014 resulting in an estimated property tax bill of $8,662.66.<\/p>\n The two-unit home on 11th Street has a market value of $1.953 million but an assessed value of only $25,796, with an estimated property tax bill of $5,118.70.<\/p>\n