[Alberta's Child]

I'm looking at this from the other side. Any landlord in the city of New York who pays $4,100 in taxes on a four-family apartment building is shafting the other taxpayers of the city (including me) in a big way. Just think of all the public services these families use in New York (including 40,000 police officers, the best fire department in the nation, the most expensive school system, etc,) -- and ask yourself who the hell is supposed to pay for it if the people who live in the city don't.

[Clemenza]

I gather you are a "renter."

NY City needs to take a chainsaw to its municipal government, whether that be family services, legal aid, the police department, etc.

[speed_addiction]

Just think of all the public services these families use in New York (including 40,000 police officers, the best fire department in the nation, the most expensive school system, etc,)

If New York stuck to just those services and stopped trying to wet nurse everyone, $4100 would be plenty. But everybody wants something.

[Torie]

They add 370,000 in value supposedly, and get a 19,000 tax increase. That's a 5.1% tax rate. That's insane.

[AlaskaErik]

I'm looking at this from the other side. Any landlord in the city of New York who pays $4,100 in taxes on a four-family apartment building is shafting the other taxpayers of the city (including me) in a big way. Just think of all the public services these families use in New York (including 40,000 police officers, the best fire department in the nation, the most expensive school system, etc,) -- and ask yourself who the hell is supposed to pay for it if the people who live in the city don't.

If NYC got rid of gun control that only disarms the honest citizen then they wouldn't need 40,000 cops. As for the most expensive school system, don't forget to add it's also the most corrupt and most incompetent school system. And I'm sure the city will tell this homeowner that they can only charge so much rent, so they're being squeezed from both sides. Owning rental property in NYC is a lose-lose situation for the landlord. But she still doesn't want to be a Republican, so she's somewhat at fault too. She allows the crooks in office to rob her. And yes, I know Bloomberg is a Republican, but in name only.