Greenbush Case Champions Full Value Property Assessments
The 1849 Greenbush tax dispute by William P. Van Rensselaer sparks a modern call for full value assessments in New York. State officials note many districts value property far below true market price and resist full reassessment due to cost and effort. The Greenbush oath and court ruling oppose false understatements, but widespread practice of fractional assessments persists.
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Rensselaer County
Greenbush
William van Rensselaer
van Rensselaer
New York State Court of Appeals
New York
Poestenkill
Theodore Howes
Howes
Court of Appeals
High Court
Pauline Hellerstein
Islip
Long Island
Protection through equalization rates Illusory at best
Rate system in New York state renders equalization rates in Rensselaer County and across the state ineffective. Assessors struggle to match rising property values, causing annual rate shrinkage and undermining fair tax comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County
Calls for help and notes on local history and taxes
Letters discuss calling the Virginia Reel and locating a Christmas Greens Show display, plus requests for Questor baby product information. The main piece analyzes property tax equalization and the shift to 100 percent assessment in Rensselaer County with legal history and local impact.
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Rensselaer County Historical Society
A. Adler
Baby Furniture and Toy World
Third St
Troy
Questor
Assessing Property Value via State Equalization Rates
A guide explains how to estimate market value by dividing property assessment by the local state equalization rate. It gives examples using Troy and Berlin, lists Rensselaer County rates, and notes the figures reflect 1972–73 levels from a 1975 filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Rensselaer County
Brunswick
East Greenbush
Grafton
Hoosick
Village of
Hoosick Falls
Ten semifinalists named in Coinword Puzzle No 1120
Coinword Puzzle No 1120 lists ten semifinalists who identified five keywords to reach the $500 jackpot. A winner will be announced Saturday. The semifinalists include Mary Brown, Troy A Cletek, Troy M Denny, Troy L Ford, Troy R S Hydorn, Susan Hussey, Florence Leach, Harriet Long, Jim Long Jr., and Bill McGinis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Hydorn
Troy
Susan Hussey
Troy Florence Leach
Harriet Long
Troy Jim Long Jr
Troy Bill McGinis
NYSEG seeks rate hike to cover rising costs in region
New York State Electric and Gas Corp. filed for higher electric and gas rates with the Public Service Commission saying inflation raises costs of labor, materials, interest and construction. If approved, electricity could rise about 10 percent and gas about 5 percent annually, varying by usage. typical bills would increase roughly 4.60 monthly for electricity and 4.09 for gas. The PSC may suspend rates for hearings, with final increases possible after up to 11 months. NYSEG serves Mechanicville Stillwater Clifton Park and parts of Rensselaer and Columbia counties, plus Southern Rensselaer County towns Wynantskill and Averill Park.
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Mechanicville
New York State Electric and Gas Corp
Mechanicville - Stillwater - Clifton Park
Rensselaer
Columbia Counties
Public Service Commission
P.S.C
Whitch
Daniel Collins
Collins
PSC
Nyseag
Van Rensselaer Tax Battle Ties to Historic Indentures
The Van Rensselaer family figures in the anti rent wars of the 1840s as William presses tax issues while enforcing long term land indentures his father Stephen created. Indentures required wheat and hens yearly, fueling decades of conflict and violence into the 1850s. No town taxes paid on this Nassau property due to veteran exemption. assessor Bert Martin governs the fractional assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Honig
Sand Lake
William
Van.Rensselaer
van Rensselaer
Stephen van Rensselaer
Rensselaerwyck
Albany
Rensselaer
Witbeck
Abram Witbeck
Greenbush
William van Rensselaer
Nassau
Bert Martin
Martin
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Tom McPheeters
William P. van Rensselaer
New York State
William J. Ryan
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Times Record
N.Y
Allen Funt
Lansingburgh SA
Firestone
Madison Ave
Kingston
T. Catallo
Catallo Dr
Waterford
Marvin Honig
Frank Sherry
U.S.S.R
Marion W. Doring
Paul Art Lane
Virginia
Francis Roberts
Bertha Snyder
Northern Drive
Troy, N.Y
Valerie H. Perrins
Ing
Henig
Hellerstein
State Equalization Board
Ryan
Sylvester Currier
Currier
Schaghticoke
Colonie
Schenectady
Petersburg
Willian van Rensselaer
North Greenbush
Pittstown
Valley Falls
Schodack
Castleton
Stephentown
Mary Brown
Ronald A. Cletek
M. Denny
L. Ford
Homer City
Wynantskill
West Sand Lake
Averill Park
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