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Grievance Procedure

The Grievance period for the 2026/2027 (December 2026 - November 2027) Tax Year has ended.  Please check back April 2027 for information for 2027/2028 Grievance Procedures.

Understanding Real Property Assessments

The assessment on a parcel of real property represents a fraction, or a percentage, of the market value of the property, which is the reason assessments within the Town of Huntington are typically low numbers. In order to reduce the assessment, and also the taxes, you must prove that the market value represented by the assessment is too high.

Steps to Challenging Your Real Property Assessment

Step 1

Convert your assessment into Indicated Market Value.

The first step in the process of challenging your real property assessment is to convert the assessment of a parcel of property to its market value, bearing in mind that the assessment is a fraction, or a percentage, of the market value.  Once converted, we call this the Market Value Indicated by the Assessment, or, simply, the Indicated Market Value.

Divide your real property assessment by the Town’s 2026 Residential Assessment Ratio (RAR) of .39%.  The RAR is adjusted annually by New York State. 

For example:  Assessment  is 4100.  4100/.0039 = Indicated Market Value of $1,051,282.  This is what the Town has your market value set at.

Step 2

Determine the potential market value of the property as if it was sold on the open market on July 1, 2025.

The potential market value of a parcel of real property can be determined by a recent sale, a real property appraisal, or a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) can be prepared.

You must review each comparable, and make the appropriate adjustments to each, in order to arrive at a credible potential market value for the subject property.

Step 3

Once you have determined that the potentiall new assessment is lower than the current assessment, you must file a complaint (often termed a “Grievance Complaint”) with the Assessor’s Office during the general complaint period, which is within a very specific and defined time-frame, by the 3rd Tuesday in May every year.