Lewiston, NY (WBEN) After the first reassessment in decades, the Town of Lewiston recently announced new tax bills for residents. The supervisor says some will see an increase, others will see a decrease.
"30 years have gone by without a reassessment in the town of Lewiston. Our equalization rate was under 40%, and we made a decision last year to do a townwide reassessment," says Supervsor Steve Broderick. "IIt seemed like the town was tipped in one direction, and what I mean by that is the village, the western part of the town, village in the river area, had assessments went up quite a bit, and the eastern part of the town didn't go up as much. So it seemed like the the western half of the town, their tax base went up, whereas the eastern part, most of the individuals over there saw reductions in their overall town tax."
Broderick explains it this way. "The pie remains the same. It's just how you divide the pie. It's an equal distribution of of taxes, and the overall town tax went down 1%. Now the school tax went up, and I believe the county tax went up a little bit. But the town tax actually went down 1% for the eighth year in a row," says Broderick
Broderick says among residents, the averages 33% went up, 33% went down, and 33% stayed the same.
"The pie remains the same. It's just how you divide the pie."
"The pie remains the same. It's just how you divide the pie."
