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Friday, December 14, 2018
Vol. 6, No. 50
HOLIDAY GUIDE
COMMISSIONERS SUOZZI VIES WITH RE-ELECTED OCASIO-CORTEZ
PAGES 35-54
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Reassessment hits hardest on North Shore Manhasset, Great Neck, Port to see most significant property tax hikes BY J E S S I C A PA R K S Nassau County Executive Laura Curran’s proposed reassessment has put county residents into two camps: those that will see their property taxes increase and those that will see a decrease. Many homeowners who will see increases in their property taxes are on the North Shore. Great Neck, Port Washington and Manhasset are three of the top five districts to be hit with the most property tax increases of $5,000 or more, according to a report by Newsday. The report ranks Great Neck second with 910 increases expected over $5,000. Port Washington is fourth with 776, followed by Manhasset, which can expect 664 homes seeing such an increase. Curran, at a news conference!held at a taxpayer’s home in Baldwin on Tuesday, called it “the day of reckoning.” She said she is bringing equality to the tax rolls
and protecting those who have been overpaying their share of taxes for a number of years. Former County Executive Edward Mangano froze the tax rolls in 2011. “I am changing a corrupted assessment system that was created and maintained by a corrupt administration,” she said. Those who will see increases are typically those who have filed grievances about the tax assessments on their homes in the past, Jeffrey Gold, an attorney and former member of the Nassau County Board of Assessors, said. When people grieve and win a reduced assessment, the county still needs to generate the same amount of money. That leaves other residents who have not grieved to pick up the bill. Under the new reassessment plan, which covered all homes, it is expected that 52 percent of county residents will see an increase and Continued on Page 74
PHOTO BY TERI WEST
Manhasset’s menorah lighting attendees lit Hanukkah candles with the “torch of unity.”
Officials praise religious liberty at menorah event BY T E R I W EST
In between, the sun set as town officials and Rabbi MenA flame juggler kicked off del Paltiel praised the nation’s Manhasset’s community me- religious freedom as scores norah lighting last Wednesday, of people clutched Hanukkah and latkes and jelly donuts candles lit by a communal torch. concluded it.
The event at Town Hall is an annual one for Manhasset and the town, and this year was the first in collaboration with the new Chabad of Manhasset. Continued on Page 75
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