The Asbury Park City Council introduced a 2018 budget Wednesday that comes with a lowered tax rate and, for the first time in years, calls for no Transitional Aid support from the state. “That’s a huge, huge thing for Asbury Park,” Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn said. Capabianco said while they requested no transitional aid dollars, […]

The Asbury Park West Side Community Center [WSCC] has lost its 2016 tax appeal case against the city. The 75-year-old embattled organization, once a hub for community activities, challenged the municipal tax assessment by maintaining it fell under the purview of a tax exemption status. But State Tax Judge Mala Sundar said in a Feb. […]

Asbury Park property values have increased by 20 percent over last year, according to a 2018 Assessment Report released Wednesday. But that increase does not translate into a definitive tax increase, Tax Assessor Eric Aguiar said. Instead the figure represents the strength of the local real estate market. “The City’s real estate market continues to […]

Since 2001, a Brooklyn based property owner of three lots on Avenue A has received property maintenance violations from the city’s code enforcement department, according to city records. With a goal of utilizing two of the three lots for urban farming and the third as part of a an affordable housing project that will help […]

An unpaid $90 water bill led to the transfer of a portion of the West Side Community Center’s Dewitt Avenue property to city ownership, according to Rev. John Bradley, the Center’s Board of Trustees Vice President. Bradley told the City Council last month an error in remanding the property back to the Center occurred back […]

A long overdue tax revaluation has shifted the values of properties across the city. As required by law, all properties within municipalities across the country are assessed to reflect their true market value. The last revaluation in Asbury Park was completed over 10 years ago. Property values throughout Asbury Park increased during that period. However, […]

A city ordinance that allows property owners to apply for tax abatements for improvements made to existing structures and new construction throughout the city expires at the end of this year. Under the state’s five year abatement and exemption law, cities that qualify may adopt an ordinance to provide local property tax abatement or exemptions. […]

Property owners in Asbury Park who would like to contest the value of their recent home assessments can do so until Jan 15. This year, city residents experienced their first city-wide revaluation of properties in about a decade. All of the values of individual properties have changed because of the revaluation. In the past, revaluations […]