Property Taxes

Putting Jersey City’s low school tax rate into perspective

Jersey City lost another $68 million in state aid on March 10th, 2022. This cut was expected, part of the ...
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March 13, 2022 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Schools, Schools: Property Tax Insights

See how your property tax bill is computed

Let’s take a look at how a tax bill comes together. It’s an interesting and empowering exercise to tie your ...
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February 15, 2022 / Montclair, Property Tax Rates, Property Taxes, Schools: Property Tax Insights

Midway through Jersey City’s “S2” state aid cuts: assessing the fiscal landscape.

It has been nearly four years since NJ passed the “S2” law, leading to state aid cuts to Jersey City ...
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February 11, 2022 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Schools, School Mental Health

Understanding Montclair’s Municipal Budget: A Webinar & Teaching to Empower Taxpayers to “Follow the Public Money”

On January 26th, 2022 I joined Montclair Councilor-at-large Peter Yacobellis for a zoom webinar about the Montclair municipal (aka town) ...
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February 8, 2022 / Montclair, NJ UFB - Series, NJ UFB-In Context, Property Taxes

What is in our local public schools budget? (a tool for advocates)

What’s included in our schools budget, and how is it structured (laid out)? I wanted to create a visualization for ...
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February 2, 2022 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Schools

Montclair City Budgets: high-level, 6-year review

For the past few months I’ve been working with a fantastic group of advocates in Montclair to learn more about ...
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January 25, 2022 / Montclair, NJ UFB - Series, NJ UFB-In Context, Property Taxes

What is the mix of residential vs. business property in my town? (UFB-5)

This is an update to my “User Friendly Budget” series with a focus on Montclair. Your town’s user friendly budget ...
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January 23, 2022 / Montclair, NJ UFB - Series, NJ UFB-In Context, Property Taxes

What drives my property tax bill? (UFB, Page 1)

This is an update to my “User Friendly Budget” series with a focus on Montclair. Your town’s user friendly budget must be ...
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January 22, 2022 / Montclair, NJ UFB - Series, NJ UFB-In Context, Property Taxes

Let’s get civic, Montclair!

I’m excited to share that I’m currently working with a team of civic advocates in Montclair to help grow awareness ...
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January 11, 2022 / Montclair, NJ UFB-In Context, Property Taxes

CivicParent NJ Property Tax Viewer: 2020 Levies

The 2020 property tax tables for calendar year 2020 are now available. This data provides insight into the way municipal, ...
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March 16, 2021 / 2020 Jersey City Budget, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Schools

Jersey City School Tax Expense Calculator for 2020/21 School Funding Year

I am part of the education team with Jersey City Together and in May 2020 we created a school tax ...
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May 18, 2020 / Data Visualizations, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes

Jersey City’s Proposed 2020 Budget (Tableau #DataViz)

In February 2020 the City Council introduced its 2020 budget (the city has typically approved the annual budget only in ...
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February 13, 2020 / #JCCityBudget, 2020 Jersey City Budget, Data Visualizations, Property Taxes

A Closer Look at Jersey City’s School Tax Rate, Part 1: the Public Data

This is the first in a 4-part series about 2018 school tax rates, with a focus on Jersey City. This ...
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October 15, 2019 / Data Visualizations, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Schools

The Jersey City BOE’s “10% Tax Levy Hike” Isn’t Enough & Doesn’t Value Our Kids or JCPS

Jersey City’s Board of Education is emphasizing a “10%” school tax levy increase as if that’s a big jump. Except ...
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May 8, 2019 / #FundOurSchools, Board of Education, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Budget, School Funding Advocacy, School Tax Levy, Tax Base

Jersey City’s 2019/20 Proposed Budget: Visualized Revenues

Every municipality is funded by a mix of income streams, including: Property taxes (everyone pays property tax...you either pay it ...
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May 5, 2019 / #DataViz, #GetCivic, #JCCityBudget, #openData, 2019 Jersey City Budget, Jersey City, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Municipal Budget, Property Taxes, Public Budget, Revenues

NJ School Funding Basics: “Adequacy” Budget, School Tax Levy, & the Impact of Inflation (A Case Study of Jersey City)

This article is about Jersey City’s public schools funding crisis. If you’re unfamiliar with this issue, you can read more ...
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March 7, 2019 / #DataViz, #FundOurSchools, #GetCivic, #openData, Board of Education, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, NJ SFRA of 2008, Property Taxes, Public Budget, Public Schools, School Funding Advocacy, School Tax Levy

January 4, 2019 / #DataViz, #FundOurSchools, #openData, Board of Education, English Language Learner, Free and Reduced Lunch, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Budget, Public Schools, School Funding Advocacy, School Tax Levy, special education, Tax Base

NJ Property Tax Dashboard | #OpenData #DataViz

This is a property tax dashboard for NJ residents who may be interested in learning about the property tax profile ...
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September 27, 2018 / #DataViz, #FundOurSchools, #GetCivic, #JCCityBudget, #openData, Board of Education, Data Visualizations, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis, Property Tax, Property Taxes, Public Budget, Public Schools, School Funding Advocacy, School Tax Levy, Tableau, Tax Base

Property Taxes: Learn about how we fund local government.