So the root issue here is that the NYC property tax law is written such that there’s a cap to how much property taxes can go up in a given year. Which, historically, made sense as a protection from shock tax hikes. The problem is that gentrification has meant certain neighborhoods’ homes have gone up dramatically in market value, but the property taxes are still lagging. This creates an invective to jack up property taxes in lower income neighborhoods that haven’t gentrified nor seen massive market value increases in order to make up the difference.
Real question: does Grok actually have a mechanism to find data about what supporters and critics are saying about an issue, or is it just making a guess about what supporters and critics might plausibly be saying?
When even Grok is less racist than your newspaper
So the root issue here is that the NYC property tax law is written such that there’s a cap to how much property taxes can go up in a given year. Which, historically, made sense as a protection from shock tax hikes. The problem is that gentrification has meant certain neighborhoods’ homes have gone up dramatically in market value, but the property taxes are still lagging. This creates an invective to jack up property taxes in lower income neighborhoods that haven’t gentrified nor seen massive market value increases in order to make up the difference.
How does one jack up the property taxes in lower income neighborhoods if there is a cap to how much they can rise in a single year?
Real question: does Grok actually have a mechanism to find data about what supporters and critics are saying about an issue, or is it just making a guess about what supporters and critics might plausibly be saying?
Grok can access the internet, yes. I don’t know what its criteria is for deciding what is accurate/reliable information or if it even has any.
Okay but can we have a blanket White Tax, you know, as a treat?
No more treats! Now is the time of chaos!