06/16/2025 Assessment Community Weekly
Equalization rate update for May 1 and June 1 tentative roll municipalities
We've made 938 equalization rates so far. Please keep the following in mind:
- Watch your email: We’ll email your rate to you (and the county director) as soon as it’s made. (We’ll also post it online the following day)
- If ORPTS accepts the LOA as the equalization rate: The rate will immediately become final. ORPTS will not issue a tentative rate, and—by law—you do not have the authority to file a rate complaint.
- If ORPTS doesn’t accept the LOA as the rate: ORPTS will establish a tentative rate and notify the assessing unit of the date on which any complaints are due as well as the hearing date of the complaint. In addition, the assessor is required by law to provide a separate notice to the local governing body of any affected town, city, village, county and school district.
- The assessor’s notice must specify the difference in the indicated total full value estimates of the locally stated level of assessment and the tentative equalization rate for the taxable property within each affected town, city, village, county and school district.
- The assessor must provide this notice within ten days of the receipt of the tentative equalization rate, or within ten days of the filing of the tentative assessment roll, whichever is later.
If you published your tentative roll on or about June 1: Your roll was due to ORPTS last week. If you haven’t already, please send us your roll and post it online as soon as possible.
FYI: Reappointment cycle coming up!
The current term for county real property tax (RPT) directors and sole appointed assessors expires September 30, 2025 for most in New York State. The next term will begin October 1, 2025 and end September 30, 2031.
This morning, we sent emails to county and municipal officials to remind them of the necessary steps for appointments and reappointments. View the email in our Assessment Community Weekly archive.
Questions? Email orpts.edservices@tax.ny.gov
Reminder: New platform for Municipal Profiles, Sales Web, and Rates for School Apportionment
Last week, we asked you to test out a preliminary version of our overhauled Municipal Profiles before we launch it to the public!
Municipal Profiles is now part of a new ORPTS Municipal Data Portal, which includes Sales Web and Rates for School Apportionment. Bear in mind this is a preliminary version of the application.
Thanks to all who have already kicked the tires and sent us your feedback! We are continuing to make adjustments before it goes live for the public, which is tentatively planned for Friday, June 20.
Questions? Email real.property@tax.ny.gov
Reminder: Tentative Roll Corrections Report (Report #4) available
Report #4 is now available in the Online Assessment Community for virtually all municipalities with a May 1 tentative roll date who provided their tentative roll files to ORPTS on a timely basis (by May 10).
For more details, see the instructions. As always, if you have questions or comments about the report, follow the instructions on How to submit STAR report changes.
Judicial cases
New Judicial cases:
- Union Springs Cent. Sch. Dist. v Norbut Solar Farms, LLC
- Herskovic v Department of Fin.