| Jersey City homeowners looking for answers after property tax hikes |
Lifelong Jersey City resident Mary Harnett, 81, went to one of her neighborhood meetings looking for a solution to a potentially crippling financial problem.
“We can’t stop people from coming to buy a house here, but we don’t’ have to suffer for it,” Harnett said.
Jersey City is finally going through its first property revaluation in 30 years, and at least a full quarter of the city’s residents, most of them in the downtown district, including Mary, are now paralyzed with sticker shock.
“I was paying $5,77-something dollars and now it’s up to $13,9—something,” Harnett said.
PIX11 News told you about this troubling, and inevitable situation last week.
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