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doctorj
doctorj
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
According to WNYC,
http://www.wnbc.com/news/9964132/detail.html
605,000 NYC homeowners are getting a $400 check in the mail.

Anticipating taxstasy (fleeting state of bliss achieved when opening refund until you realize it was your money all along).

Does anyone know who does and doesn't qualify? I didn't see a check last year, but then again I'd probably paid less than $400 tax at that stage.

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  • escap
    escap
    This says that the checks may start arriving as soon as today:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/nyregion/30rebate.html

    Limited details, but it seems to say all homeowners will get the rebate. I'm not applicable.
    Anticipating taxstasy (fleeting state of bliss achieved when opening refund until you realize it was your money all along).
    :lol: funny.

    Incidentally, property taxes seem to me to be a bad idea, since you may have to pay more if your house appreciates, even if you're not making any more money as income. Doesn't strike me as a fair or efficient system.
  • shishkab
    shishkab
    just got mine today...
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    I live in a co-op. I guess I don't get one of these, do I? :cry::cry::cry:
  • escap
    escap
    alafairnadia wrote: I live in a co-op. I guess I don't get one of these, do I? :cry::cry::cry:
    The article says you do.
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    alafairnadia wrote: I live in a co-op. I guess I don't get one of these, do I? :cry::cry::cry:
    I think you should have gotten one last year too, unless you hadn't been there long enough and it went to the previous owner. If we don't get a check this time around, I say we complain to 311.
  • homeowner
    homeowner
    Mine came today. We should enjoy them while we can because I hear this is the last year unless the legislature passes a bill to have them go forward.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    I live in a co-op and got my check yesterday.
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    So I got the NYC finance people on the phone, and they said I had to be enrolled in some special "star program" to receive the rebate. Which will take 6 weeks, but they're sending the paperwork.

    Plus, they've never updated their records since I bought my place 15 months ago, despite the deed being filed, so it's still got the old owner's name and address, so of course I didn't get a check. Supposedly I can update their records on their website, except it didn't work properly for the address and didn't give me the option to fix the account name. Hmmm... I can see chasing this down taking up more than $400 worth of my time.

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