Appeal Your Tax Assessments, Lyons Township Residents Urged

LA GRANGE, IL – Lyons Township homeowners have until Tuesday to appeal their property tax assessments.

Last year, 62 percent of homeowners who filed appeals directly to the Cook County Board of Review had their property tax bills reduced, one of the board's commissioners said in a news release Friday.

"My office is committed to ensuring that property tax valuations are correct and fair. If you think your home’s value was over-assessed, we are here to help," said George Cardenas, an elected commissioner whose district includes Lyons Township.

Submitting an appeal is free, he said.

Patrick Hynes, Lyons Township's assessor and a critic of Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi, called the Board of Review a valuable partner.

"I encourage our Lyons Township taxpayers dissatisfied with their recent property tax assessment to file an appeal," Hynes said in the news release.

For more information, visit the Board of Review's website.