property taxes

Twenty-six states currently allow "user fees" for public safety and New Jersey is one of them.

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New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney wants to close a loophole that allows local officials to bypass a 2 percent annual cap on property tax increases.

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In municipal elections to be held tomorrow, two Jersey towns – Lawrence and Medford – are asking residents to approve plans to exceed the states new 2 percent property tax cap.

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We haven’t gotten to this point yet, but you can see the storm clouds ‘a gathering. One of the most compelling New Jersey stories in recent days is the growing move by New Jersey towns and cities tomake up for budget shortfalls by imposing charges for emergency services and more onerous, imposing a plethora of fees and fines, forced on the public purely for money

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With the housing market continuing to struggle, a record number of Jersey homeowners are expected to file property tax appeals this year.

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Earlier this week, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg announced that they will be holding a series of town hall meetings across New Jersey to discuss the Democrats' property tax credit proposal.

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Governor Chris Christie typically hosts one town hall meeting a week and sometimes more to tout his policies and proposals. Not to be outdone, the top two Democrats in the State Senate have scheduled a town hall meeting of their own.

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Governor Christie said he and democratic Senate President Steve Sweeney are inches away from a plan to cut income taxes for residents, but one obstacle still stands in the way, the Assembly Democrats.

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Because he and Democrats are now battling over which taxes to cut, not which taxes to increase, Governor Chris Christie's new mantra is, "We've already won the argument."

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