[Joe Brower]

Insanely high real estate taxes are my my relatives who live in the Catskills are most disenchanted. The rates are sky-high, and none of it stays in their area -- it all goes to feed the socialist hive called New York City.

[Woodman]

Bu!! real estate taxes are set and collected by the local government, not a penny of that money goes to NYC. NYC BTW has much lower real estate taxes than LI, NJ or Upstate, locals I have talked to from those areas are proud of their high taxes which keep the "wrong" people from moving to their area.

[Alberta's Child]

Something doesn't sound right about that post. I believe real estate taxes in New York are assessed at the municipal and county levels, not at the state level. I don't doubt that the real estate taxes are high, but I don't think it's for the reason you mentioned.

In fact, upstate New York is a "recipient" region when it comes to state taxes -- it pays less in state taxes than it receives in state spending. So you can imagine how high the tax burden must be in New York City.