WORKING TO REDUCE MONETARY WASTE,
ABUSE, AND CORRUPTION IN NASSAU'S
SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS
THE PROBLEM
Nassau County has over 200 special taxing districts - tiny, single-service taxing bodies abusing YOU the taxpayer through fiscal waste, unfair taxation, and corruption. No-one oversees special districts operations. They make their own rules, run their own elections, and aren’t accountable to anyone – not even you, the taxpayer.
THE SOLUTION
Help end special taxing district abuse by supporting the cause. Through the passage of special district reform legislation and through grassroots organizing in your district, you will see a fairer tax structure, eliminate corruption in your community and most importantly, lower your taxes.
ACTION!
YOU can end special taxing district abuse in your community. Join us by contacting Serena Liguori, Government Efficiency Project Coordinator, 516-541-1006 x.13 or by email at: serena@lipc.org.
TOGETHER we'll make
the change we need!
SPECIAL DISTRICT MAP
How does Nassau County make room for its nearly-200 special taxing districts? By piling them on top of each other. This map illustrates the unnecessary confusion created by TOO MANY taxing districts.
Too many special taxing districts mean too many overlapping tax-enforcing governments, costing you more money. Click here to watch Nassau’s three towns burdened with overlapping multiple special taxing districts.
Click here to zoom in on this map.
WHY ARE OUR PROPERTY TAXES SO HIGH?
The Nassau County Government Efficiency Project is working to reduce monetary waste, abuse, and corruption in Nassau’s special taxing districts. In Nassau County, we are unfairly burdened by the nation’s second-highest property taxes.
Everyday hard-working families struggle to make ends meet due to high Nassau County property taxes. If you live in a special taxing district, much of the property tax you pay goes to these single-service taxing entities such as: water, fire, sanitation, sewer, lighting, library, etc. The Towns of Oyster Bay and North Hempstead each have roughly 50 taxing districts, and the Town of Hempstead is burdened with over 100 taxing districts.
Many special taxing districts are charging you excessive tax rates for their operations which include: large salaries, expense accounts, and generous insurance and retirement packages. Audits have found some huge disparities in taxing districts, some of which are run inefficiently and without proper rules, regulations or adequate oversight. Unfortunately, many of these districts use millions of your tax dollars without a governing body overseeing their actions.
Special District Reform is Needed Now. Consolidating taxing districts will combine special taxing districts into existing entities to save you money. While still providing the best local services and quality you deserve, you will be paying less. For example, consolidating the Town of Hempstead’s special sanitation districts into the Town of Hempstead’s Department of Sanitation would reduce taxpayer costs, producing a more efficiently run sanitation department and lowering resident's taxes.
The only way consolidation can happen is with your help.
Together we will fight for a more transparent, efficient government and lower taxes.
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