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 Next meeting

• July 24, 2012

On-Demand audio webcasts

• May 10, 2012

The webcasting page has information on Windows Media Player, accessibility and captioning.

State Board meeting information 

Agenda, resolutions and approved minutes of the State Board may accessed in the schedules below.

• 2012 State Board of Real Property Tax Services meeting schedule
• 2011 State Board of Real Property Tax Services meeting schedule
• 2010 State Board of Real Property Tax Services meeting schedule

 Complaint forms

• RP-6085
• RP-6085V
• RP-7141
• RP-7142

Contact

Email:  State Board

Fax: (518) 474-3657

Mail:  New York State Board of Real Property Tax Services
NYS Department of Taxation and Finance
W.A. Harriman State Campus
Office of Counsel, Building 9, Room 161
Albany, NY  12227

Phone:  (518) 474-3793 for State Board matters only.  General taxpayer questions should be directed to: (518 ) 591-5233.  See Whom to Contact at ORPTS.

Who makes up the State Board of Real Property Tax Services?

The State Board of Real Property Tax Services is a separate and independent Board within the Department of Taxation and Finance. It is comprised of five members who are appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Of those five members appointed by the Governor, one member must be engaged in the commercial production for sale of agricultural crops, livestock and livestock products. The Board members' eight-year terms are staggered so that no two members' terms expire in the same year. The Board chair is designated by the Governor. Although none of the five members receive any salary, they are reimbursed for expenses incurred while in the performance of their duties. Currently there are two vacancies on the State Board.

The Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Real Property Tax Services serves as the Secretary of the State Board of Real Property Services and is the executive officer for the Board.

What does the State Board of Real Property Tax Services do?

Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2010 changed certain powers and duties of the State Board. New section 200-A of the Real Property Tax Law outlines the Board's duties as:

• Determine final special franchise values and assessments, railroad ceilings and State equalization rates where a complaint is filed.
• Hear and determine reviews relating to determinations made by county equalization agencies.

 Who is the State Board?

Left to right: Michael Joseph, Jr., John M. Bacheller and Edgar A. King

• John M. Bacheller, a resident of Latham (Albany County), and former Senior Vice President at Empire State Development Corporation.
• Michael Joseph, Jr., a resident of Marathon (Cortland County), and former Executive Director of the Rural Schools Program, Cornell University. Mr. Joseph is also a member of the State Commission on Education Reform.
• Edgar A. King, a resident of Schuylerville (Saratoga County), and senior partner of Kings-Ransom Farm, LLC in Saratoga County.
• Susan E. Savage, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Real Property Tax Services serves as the Acting Secretary of the State Board.