by Bill Cleary
THE NUMBERS DON’T LIE-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s push to restrain local levies might be working according to a study of community taxes by The Star Ledger. The detailed investigation showed state homeowners paid an average of 2.4 percent more for property taxes in 2011, the smallest increase in nearly two decades.
The Star-Ledger analysis of taxes in all 566 New Jersey towns shows the average property tax bill was $7,758 last year, an increase of just $182.
The last time property taxes rose by such a small rate was 1992, when they went up 1.9 percent, according to state figures.
The data was compiled from numbers released by the state Department of Community Affairs and county boards of taxations.
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