Property tax: Reach out to the Department of Finance

Recently many property owners have received Property Tax Assessments that have greatly increased in the last few years.

To those who want more information on how these are determined, plus avenues to have them reevaluated or contested, the Department of Finance has Community Workshops set up.

Please click for a schedule of these meetings throughout the city.

Property taxes effect everyone, not just property owners. And we are not just talking about Owners of large apartment buildings, but also those 2 and 3 family buildings sop prevalent in Astoria.

And remember we are all affected, including renters, as the owners when ever possible will pass the increased taxes to their tenants.

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Richard Khuzami

Mr. Khuzami has been a member of Community Board 1 in Astoria, NY for the last 20 years. He sits on the Zoning and parks Committees and is on the Executive Board. Previously, he served as Parks and Culture chair of Community Board 1 for eleven years and also chaired Capital and Expense priority Committee. He is a member of the Queens General Assembly and had been a panelist for grant submissions for the Queens Council on the Arts (QCA). Richard also is an officer of The Eastern Mediterranean Business Culture Alliance (EMBCA) and President of OANA.