We check the county's number.
We compare the assessment against recent sales and against homes like yours in Valley Stream and its district, and tell you whether there is a case worth filing.
Property tax grievance in Valley Stream, NY
Valley Stream sits in the Town of Hempstead, so Nassau County sets the assessment and the county's Assessment Review Commission hears the appeal. We file those appeals for owners of one- to three-family homes.
What the county says about Valley Stream
The published figures.
Median assessed value481.5The figure on the roll for a typical one- to three-family home.
County market value$657,900The Department of Assessment's own valuation of that home.
Combined tax rate$21.751Per $1 of assessed value, county plus town plus school.
Tax at those figures$10,450Assessed value times the rate, before STAR and other exemptions.
Medians across the one- to three-family homes on Nassau County's tentative roll with a Valley Stream address, using the county's own assessed values, its own market values and the published tax rates. Your home is not the median, and nothing here is an estimate of what any particular property is worth or would save.
Where the money goes
School districts serving Valley Stream.
School tax is roughly four fifths of a Nassau bill, so the district a home sits in does more to set the bill than the town does. Valley Stream homes fall into 5 districts.
| School district | Town | Rate per $1 of assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| Valley Stream 13 | Hempstead | $22.994 |
| Valley Stream 30 | Hempstead | $20.812 |
| Valley Stream 24 | Hempstead | $21.751 |
| Elmont | Hempstead | $19.875 |
| Hewlett-Woodmere | Hempstead | $25.123 |
ZIP codes covered: 11580, 11581. The typical home here was built in 1949 and is about 1,440 square feet.
How it works here
The same three steps everywhere in Nassau.
We file before the deadline.
You sign an authorization, we file with the Assessment Review Commission, and we follow the case until the county rules on it.
You pay only out of savings.
Our fee is 35% of the first-year tax savings we win. If the county grants nothing, there is no fee, and we never bill for a reduction the law gives you automatically.
We check again next year.
Nassau can put an old value back on the next roll, so a win does not stay won. Each January we compare the new roll against your last result.
Questions
Valley Stream homeowners ask.
Who assesses homes in Valley Stream?
Nassau County does. The Department of Assessment sets a value for every home in the Town of Hempstead, and the county's Assessment Review Commission hears appeals against it. The village does not set your assessment, and neither does your school district.
When can I grieve a Valley Stream assessment?
The county publishes its tentative roll in early January and the filing window closes in early March. The exact deadline is set each cycle by the Assessment Review Commission, and it has been extended in some years.
Why is my Valley Stream tax bill so different from my neighbour's?
Most of the bill is the school district, and Valley Stream homes are not all in the same one. The combined rate on a dollar of assessed value differs by district, so two similar homes a few streets apart can pay materially different tax on the same assessment.
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