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NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF REAL PROPERTY SERVICES (ORPS): http://www.orps.state.ny.us/ ORPS provides information on valuing and assessing real property, taxpayer rights, tax policy and exemptions, equalization and tax levy distribution, property tax reform, and more.

PROPERTY TAX MONITOR REPORT: http://www.orps.state.ny.us/monitor/jun08/story4.cfm The Property Tax Monitor is a monthly publication of the Office of Real Property Services. This article from June 2008 discusses a 3-part report by the Commission of Property Tax Relief about New York State’s high property taxes.

GRIEVANCE PROCESS: http://www.orps.state.ny.us/video/index.cfm & http://www.orps.state.ny.us/pamphlet/taxworks.htm
ORPS provides videos and a pamphlet intended to help taxpayers understand the assessment and property tax systems in use by New York State's local governments.

SCHOOL TAX RELIEF (STAR): http://www.orps.state.ny.us/star/
STAR is a state program that includes a school property tax rebate program and a partial property tax exemption from school taxes. All New Yorkers who own their home are eligible for the STAR exemption on their primary residence.

SMALL CLAIMS ASSESSMENT REVIEW (SCAR): http://www.nycourts.gov/litigants/scar/index.shtml The New York State Unified Court System provides information about the SCAR process.

SCAR LAW: http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS The relevant state law on SCAR procedure can be found in RPT (Real Property Tax) Law, Article 7, Title 1-A, Section 730.

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