Taxes 📍
2021 Combined Municipal and County Taxes Per $1,000 Assessed Value
Allegany County is not a good value when it comes to county and local property taxes, with a county $13.17 per $1k assessment and many towns assessing an additional $10-12 per $1k. You might be able to score property cheaply there, but you'll pay some of the highest taxes in the state there on it.
You can get the data here: https://data.ny.gov/Government-Finance/Real-Property-Tax-Rates-Levy-Data-By-Municipality-/iq85-sdzs/data
You will need then to match it to SWIS code, which you can use this for: http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/inventories/details.cfm?DSID=927
Gambling vs Investing in NY
Rather then building all of these casinos in New York, wouldn’t it be a better policy to eliminate the long-term capital gains tax on middle class families? This way, if people had the urge to gamble, they could strategically invest in our economy, and if they invested in the right way, rather then gambling, could improve their economic situation.