Amherst property owners seek $194 million in assessment reductions

[WNYresident]

Amherst property owners seek $194 million in assessment reductions

Owners of 190 commercial and upscale residential properties in Amherst have gone to State Supreme Court seeking assessment reductions totaling $194 million.It's the final battleground over this year's townwide reassessment.And the outcome could affect the tax bills sent to all other Amherst property owners.Town officials say they’ll aggressively defend their assessments, and the property owners’ attorneys say they’ll present persuasive cases for their lower numbers. But some settlements are likely, and any reductions in the assessments will result in lost tax revenue that all other town property owners will have to make up.

http://buffalonews.com/2017/08/16/in...nt-reductions/

[grump]

The town is cruising for a bruising on this one. The attorney representing the town is an absolute idiot.