The tax is too damn high!
Five furious outer-borough city councilmen bashed Mayor de Blasio for leaving property-tax relief out of his $89 billion budget proposal.
“I know we speak for just about every property owner in the five boroughs when we say, ‘C’mon man, give us a break!’” City Councilmen Justin Brannan (D-Brooklyn), Steven Matteo (R-Staten Island), Joseph Borelli (R-Staten Island), Paul Vallone (D-Queens), Barry Grodenchik (D-Queens) and Mark Gjonaj (D-Bronx) said in a statement Saturday.
The council had proposed a $400 property tax rebate for homeowners making below $150,000, as well as a commission to study reforms of the system’s inequalities. The proposals would cost a combined $187 million.
Asked about the rebate and other council proposals after presenting his executive budget plan on Thursday, de Blasio said, “We’re going to be really concerned about the price tag and the impact on the future.”
The city will collect $27.8 billion in property taxes next fiscal year. That levy is set to to $31.7 billion by 2022.




