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document.write("      <span><strong>LeighCurious</strong> wrote:</span>");
document.write("      <p>");document.write("'Aiken blamed local assessors for not telling them sales are dropping.'<br /><br />That's funny, since Aiken's office gets a copy of every property transfer in NYS. The problem is his office cannot make the connection between drastically reduced sales volume and declining values.<br /><br />Aiken also is quoted as saying that when the equalization rate declines so does the STAR exemption?? Hopefully not everything NYS says is quite so misleading. Hey Aiken, How do we keep the equalization rate up? By raising assessments. So the increased STAR exemption is offset by the increased assessments.<br /><br />At least the Deputy Director admits he's not up to speed yet . . . Aiken just blames the assessors while he prepares to collect the state pension the rest of us can pay for the rest of our NY lives!!");document.write("      </p>");
document.write("      <em>July 2, 2009, 10:50 AM</em>");
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