Guilderland, New York

Crossgates Hotel

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As seen constructed on the 0.6 m NAIP photography from 2019, and seen on the site, the older 0.5m leaf-off photography from 2017.

Average Age of Buildings on Altamont, NY Streets 🏡

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Median Age of Buildings on Altamont, NY Streets 🏡

One of the ways I’ve been playing with the state tax records database is to experiment with the property tax database to figure out how old various streets are. While certainly people can and do build and rebuild houses on roads well after a street is constructed, looking at the median age of buildings on a street can give you a ballpark estimate on how old a street is and how old the particular neighborhood is. Probably the next step would be to plot this on a map.

Clearly with the median building dates, you can find the newest streets and developments in Altamont — and which neighborhoods and streets are rich in history.

Street Median Building Date
Helderberg Ave 1870
Prospect Ter 1870
Jay St 1878
Mill St 1880
Lark St 1885
Main St 1885
Maple Ave 1890
Grand St 1898
Fairview Ave 1908
Lincoln Ave 1913
Severson Ave 1930
Altamont Blvd 1932
Western Ave 1935
Sand St 1939
Severson Ave Ext 1939
Brandle Rd 1949
W Schoharie Plank Rd 1953
Euclid Ave 1953
Thatcher Dr 1960
Sunset Dr 1961
E Schoharie Plank Rd 1965
Gun Club Rd 1966
Park St 1966
Bozenkill Rd 1968
Mountain Dale Ct 1973
Township Rd 1981
Marian Ct 1986
Indian Maiden Pass 1987
Gregg Rd 1989
Groot Dr 1990
Knower Ct 1993
Sanford Pl 1993
Whipple Way 1993
Van Evera Dr 1994
Indian Meadows Path 1996
Long Grass Ln Pr 2014

Crossgates refuses to disclose documents in tax lawsuit | The Altamont Enterprise

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Crossgates refuses to disclose documents in tax lawsuit | The Altamont Enterprise

GUILDERLAND — Crossgates Mall responded to Guilderland’s request for financial information the town insisted was necessary to help build its defense in a tax lawsuit filed by the mall, by, first, ignoring it for months, then eventually settling on the argument that the town’s requests for, among other things, tenant rent rolls and an appraisal performed on the property were “overly broad,” “privileged,” and also “publicly available.”

Crossgates Mall filed an Article 7 petition against the town in July of last year seeking a $139.2 million reduction on its $282.5 million tax assessment.

The petition, filed in Albany County Supreme Court by three Crossgates-affiliated limited-liability corporations, argued the mall should receive a near 50-percent drop in its assessed value because, “Prior to the issuance of the Town’s tentative assessment roll for 2020, [Crossgates] provided and offered information to the Town’s Assessor concerning the Property and its value,” its June 2020 court filing stated.??

Tax Exempt Properties In Guilderland

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I've been doing a lot of research into tax maps lately. I noticed that the tax rolls contain coordinates for each point. So I decided to make a map up all of the 2019 Tax Exempt Properties in Guilderland, which shows all the municipal, state and private properties that pay no county tax. There are 388 properties in the town that fall under that category.

2019 Guilderland Solar Tax Credit

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The Town of Guilderland has a law that allows homeowners with solar panels on their properties to get a property tax break. https://ecode360.com/32697230 This map shows the properties that take advantage of the tax break currently. If you switch to the satellite view, you can see the individual properties and solar panels up close, which is rather neat.

Data Source: 2019 Final Assessment Roll, as posted by Guilderland Assessors Office and processed via script I wrote. You can obtain the assessment roll here: https://www.townofguilderland.org/assessors-office