State Board of Real Property Tax Services

Next meeting: Wednesday, June 14, 2023

The State Board of Real Property Tax Services holds its meetings in accordance with the Open Meetings Law. All meetings begin at 11:00 a.m.

The meeting will be conducted by videoconference at the following locations: 

• To access the meeting by phone, call 1-518-549-0500 and use Access Code: 161 805 4978.
• In addition, the meeting may be observed online via: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/j.php?MTID=mafbe99121c2d41113b233fd175d91d04

Meeting information

Visit State Board meeting schedule and information for meeting information such as schedules, agendas, resolutions, approved minutes, and recorded meetings as well as prior years' proceedings.

Complaint forms

• RP-6085, Complaint on Tentative State Equalization Rate, Class Equalization Rates and/or Class Ratios
• RP-6085.1, Complaint on Tentative State Equalization Rate for Villages
• RP-7141, Complaint on Tentative Special Franchise Full Values
• RP-7142, Complaint on Tentative Special Franchise Assessments

Contact

• See:  Whom to contact at ORPTS
• Phone:  General taxpayer questions should be directed to 518-591-5233.
• Email:  State Board

Who makes up the State Board of Real Property Tax Services?

The State Board of Real Property Tax Services is a separate and independent Board within the Department of Taxation and Finance. It is comprised of five members who are appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Of those five members appointed by the Governor, one member must be engaged in the commercial production for sale of agricultural crops, livestock and livestock products. The Board members' eight-year terms are staggered so that no two members' terms expire in the same year. The Board chair is designated by the Governor. State Board members serve without pay, but are reimbursed for necessary expenses while on State Board business. There are currently two vacancies on the State Board.

The Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Real Property Tax Services serves as the Secretary of the State Board of Real Property Tax Services and is the executive officer for the Board.

What does the State Board of Real Property Tax Services do?

Real Property Tax Law § 200-a outlines the Board's duties as:

• Determine final special franchise values and assessments, railroad ceilings and State equalization rates where a complaint is filed
• Hear and determine reviews relating to determinations made by county equalization agencies
• Hear and determine appeals from property owners who are dissatisfied with the Tax Department's final determination of eligibility for a STAR exemption.

Who is the State Board?

• Scott C. Becker, a resident of the city of Buffalo (Erie County), and Partner with Kavinoky Cook, LLP
• Samuel J. Casella, a resident of Canandaigua (Ontario County), and member of the New York State Advisory Council on Agriculture, Vice-Chairman of the Canandaigua Lake Watershed Agricultural Advisory Committee and former Supervisor of the Town of Canandaigua
• Matthew W. Rand, Chair, a resident of Clarkstown (Rockland County), and a Managing Partner of Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty and Rand Commercial Services

See a photo of our current members.