Greenburgh OKs Tax Rate Reduction For 2023

GREENBURGH, NY — Homeowners in Greenburgh can look forward to a tax rate reduction for 2023.

The Greenburgh Town Board unanimously approved a 2023 budget with the largest tax rate reduction in recent history, Supervisor Paul Feiner said — more than 6 percent.

He said this marks a four-year trend of zero tax rate hikes in the town.

The total appropriations are:

• Town entire: $22,288,697
• Town outside: $93,598,492
• Total budget: $115,887,189

In the A budget for the town entire, a typical homeowner with an assessment of $500,000 would expect to pay $211.03 annually, which is a reduction of 6.7 percent from 2022.

In the B budget for the town outside village (unincorporated Greenburgh), the annual tax for a homeowner assessed at $500,000 would be $2,736.23, down 6.64 percent from last year.

Feiner said the key changes in the adopted budget versus the proposed budget were the unanticipated increase in medical insurance and the increase for a third party inspector-specialty construction.

“In 2023, members of the Greenburgh Town Board and I will work very hard trying to make Greenburgh even more efficient with greater oversight of departments and new protocols to replace outdated or ineffective ones,” he said.

Feiner said the town is proud that there have been four consecutive years of no tax rate increases.

“However, we will not rest on our success stories,” he said. “We need greater monitoring to make sure that Greenburgh taxpayers continue to get great value for every tax dollar they send to the town.”

The town has no control over fire district, school or county taxes, Feiner said, adding that county taxes are also not increasing in 2023.

For residents of unincorporated Greenburgh, the town portion of a typical taxpayer’s bill is about 17 percent of the entire tax bill. For residents of a village, which provides most municipal services, about 1-1/2 percent of their total tax bill goes to the town.