New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-03
committee adjourned wrho t. h wing ochol aiy ce-
olslon 10 meet again mex i day night
TAXES GE NEW-YORK CITY.
A BILL TO INCREASE THE AssE 5soRs

T.uE COUNTRY MEMBERS THINK THE CITY Is NOT TOO
HEAVILY TAXED.
! tFRCA THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or TIE rMBtNE.l
Albany. March Zone of the most important
before the Court of Appeals at the present Ge Is
that NJ the appeal OF the city OF New-fork from the lie.
cision OF the State Board Of Equalization Imposing
$500 600 moro taxation than tho city authorities thnh
ia mat The Board OF Equalization acted under The adj
vice OF the three State Assessors; accepting without
,uoston their opinion that the taxes OF New-foik
sod be Increased The increase Of the taxes OF tue
cv by the other counties OF the State 10 especially UNI
inst because the city pays for the support OF tue oho
schools S75OO00 yearly more than 1t receives IRON tho
state for the support of It's Schools rue poorer
counties of the State benefit by the sane
Tho state Assessors for many years have been almo
invariably residents OF interior or the state, unac
ouoiuted with the value OF New-York property, and
preiudiced against its authorities 80 Migrant mas Do'
theluius:ce OF the three State Assessors 10 inc Ci OK
NewYork that Governor Hill few weeks ago ~ puo'
nc speec promised that NewYork should have repre-
sentative on the Board OF Assessors when he should heEt
make his appointments The terms OF the three A.
SCISSORS will expire in April They all desire reappont-
ment To prevent the Governors plan from peing car
red out friend Of the State Assessors mas hrodueeu
bill in the Assembly increasing the number OF A'sssSbS
TO FIVE In order to tempt tho Republican members 10
vote tor the it is provided that one Oh the nc"
Assessors shall be Republican. The other IS 70 ga
Democrat .
The bill was debated on floor OF tho Assembly tc-
day Mr. Erwin, who had introduced IT, sho"eu nS
animus against New-YOrk by opposing Win an MS
nowcr an amendment offered by Mr.. Cantor proyliiDG
that Eew-YOrk should have one OIL lho ~" ,ar
In Mr. Erwiu's opinion New-YOrk property was uhuet-
vained New.York was growing enormously wealthy
vhile farm property depreeattns IN value 49,,
Mr. Cantor replied that one or the most serious opeo
80, -, he hin was that IL abolished the State Board or
E0u1liZation Occasionally New-1 ork had arepresenta
Tive among the State officers composing that DOdrd anu
he resisted tho acceptance OF the suggestions OF tne
state Board Of Assessors that Sew ora taxes snca
he Increased. The proposed bill destroyed even tnls
projection to the city and left 1t at tue mercy Oh tho
MI MI Erwin replied that tho State Board
of Humiliation merely registered the ,suEssso
ions of the state Board of Assessors, III tue
Assessors were increased to five, they could nave ho
TO learn the value OF property IN Ne"-lolh /"
Newly property was taxed largely ny guss
NECantor said there no property lhsne oate "Ios
value was more carefully considerea than on
Island In proportion TO s wealth ana popua..hDn.
New-York taxed at hlgher tatu tnaI nc nc 800
counties of the state She paid 4S per cent OF the taxes
Mr. sheshan the Democratic leader. said that all tho
objection that he could see 10 the Dill WIS "s' s"''
an Office to some Republican A., VII, ,. ~.
oyertaxed property declining IN value IN the cOuh
try while IL was increasing In the metropolis. A.,
Mr McCann suggested that Brooklyn nave one OF Tue
new state Assessor The assessment OF that city also
had been unJustly taxed A.. 80. uo.i.ir,
he was better acquainted with than tho real estate
values in NewYOrK aud he could te@-ly thas Jus 'aA
assessors aid not 1nderValue the properly. ,u,i Il,
Mr. Erwin asserted that the most costly buildings IN
New-YOrk were VIGOROUSLY undorvalued lie ala noV
think It safe give New York one MEMBER OuI OF tle
Amendment and that OF Mr.. McCaun were rejected Inc
Assembly then ordered the bill % a third reading tno
vote upon Mr. EPwn's motion to order the PHI 20
third reading was supported unanimously by the con'
tv members but the thirteen Assemblymen from BroOE
iyn and the twenty-four Assemblymen from New-fOrE
voted against the notion