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District 51

Joseph C. Borelli

Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Freshkills Park (North), Oakwood-Richmondtown, Great Kills-Eltingville, Arden Heights-Rossville, Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Tottenville-Charleston, Freshkills Park (South), Great Kills Park

Published July 3, 2024, 6:33 p.m. ET

By The Center Square

New York City officials are dramatically expanding a controversial program that gives debit cards pre-loaded with cash to migrant families staying in taxpayer-funded hotels across the city.

The Adams administration says another round of debit cards is expected to be distributed to more than 7,300 migrants over the next six months, costing the city about $2.6 million.

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Council Member Joseph Borelli (R – South Shore), in partnership with the Department of Finance’s Office of the Taxpayer Advocate, will be hosting a Tax Day presentation event on Thursday, January 25th from 6-8PM in the Lobby at Monsignor Farrell High School (2900 Amboy Road SI, NY 10306).

Have A Tax Problem You Can’t Resolve?

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Council Member Joseph Borelli (R – South Shore) and Minority Leader Steve Matteo are asking Mayor de Blasio to consider the effects on Class 1 property owners of the proposed $93 million program (tenant right to counsel amendment) to assist tenants with legal representation in housing court.

The Council Members believe that the tenant right to counsel amendment will have an adverse impact on smaller, multi-family properties which often serve as a vehicle to home ownership for first-time buyers in an expensive market like New York City.

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In a letter written to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Council Member Joseph C. Borelli (R – South Shore) and Minority Leader Steven Matteo (R – Mid Island) addressed three major concerns they and their constituents have regarding the overall fairness of property tax assessments on Class One properties throughout the city. This letter is the result of months of extensive research by the council members, which had uncovered gross inequities in the assessment of properties in borough to borough comparisons, which is an effect of the city inaccurately assessing Class One properties for decades by using a formula based on statistical data, instead of an actual in-person assessment by a qualified assessor, as mandated by state law.

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Council Member Joseph Borelli and Minority Leader Steven Matteo are today responding to the Independent Budget Office’s (IBO) report on Class 1 property tax equity, as a result of a request by the council members to look into a potential disparity. The Council Members disagree with the IBO on the following points:

  1. The IBO did not look at time adjusted sales and weighted averages for FY 16, and focused exclusively on calendar year 2015.
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The Department of Finance (NYC DOF) will be reminding homeowners who receive the Senior Citizen Homeowner’s Exemption (SCHE) or Disabled Homeowner’s Exemption (DHE) to renew their property tax exemptions before the deadline on March 15, 2017. The reductions received by eligible applicants range from 5% to 50% of the homeowner’s total assessed property value, representing substantial savings to senior and disabled homeowners.

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