Cortlandt Supervisor: Town Taxes Have Stayed Low for 22 Years

Editor's Note: The following release was submitted by Cortlandt Supervisor Linda Puglisi and the town board.

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If you have resided in Cortlandt or operated a business in our town, your town taxes have only been raised this amount for the entire 22 years of this administration. (1992 – 2013)

Town Taxes (only 11% of your total annual tax bill):

1. If you are in the Town of Cortlandt the total dollar amount increase for the average assessed property for the 22 years has been $334.13.
2. If you are in the Village of Croton-on-Hudson the total dollar amount increase for the average assessed property for 22 years has been $38.32.
3. If you are in the Village of Buchanan the total dollar amount increase for the average assessed property for 22 years has been $14.09

Note:

• 15 percent of the annual tax bill is county taxes
• 69 percent of the annual Tax Bill is School Taxes
• 5 percent of the annual Tax Bill is Special District Taxes (library, fire districts, sidewalk or street lighting districts, etc.)