Westchester County’s diversity is reflected in the 40 plus specialized departments that make up your county government. Although distinct in focus, these departments are unified in their commitment to deliver high-quality services to all who call the county home. Choose from the links below to learn more about areas of interest to you — whether it’s health, public safety, social services or employment (Human Resources). It’s all here for you to discover under the banner of Westchester County Government.
The Westchester County Geographic Information Systems offers an interactive mapping application, which can be used to view tax map parcels in Westchester’s cities, towns and villages.
If you want to check your property assessment or other information on the assessment roll, you can do so anytime by going to the assessment page of your municipal Web site; then find and click on the link for the assessment roll. An overview of the assessment roll will help you understand how to read the assessment roll.
For your convenience, we have provided links to the assessment pages of the cities, towns and assessing villages in Westchester County. Non assessing villages use the assessment roll of the town in which the property is located.
Westchester County does not collect any property taxes directly from property owners Please do not send us any checks for property tax payments. All property taxes in Westchester County are paid to your local town or city.
Westchester County offers a wonderful quality of life through our cultural resources, parks, schools and medical facilities, which are among the very best in the world. However, our real property taxes are also among the highest in the nation.
The WC Tax Commission is dedicated to fair and equal distribution of the real property tax collection for Westchester residents. To this end the Tax Commission annually examines local assessment rolls to fairly distribute the county tax levy, trains local assessors and assessment personnel, provides orientation for new assessors, and provides annual training for local Board of Assessment Review members.
The office is also responsible to review applications to correct tax and assessment errors, advise on property tax related issues and prepare an annual report for the County summarizing assessment, equalization, valuation, exemption, tax rate and other information.
The Tax Commission provides professional services to county property owners as well as to local and county officials and other intracounty departments such as Finance, Department of Environmental Facilities, Budget, and the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board.
The real property tax is a tax based on the value of real property. Real property is composed of real estate, the physical parcel of land and all improvements permanently attached, and the interests, benefits and rights often referred to as the "bundle of rights" inherent with ownership.
We ask that you read all property tax related documents you receive in the mail, bookmark this page and check back from time to time, assist your local assessor and tax receiver whenever requested to do so, and take advantage of any property tax exemptions, and real property tax credits such as STAR, for which you may be eligible. With the help of all involved in real property tax administration and you, we hope you'll understand how the property tax works. If you have any property tax or property tax related questions please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For questions about other types of taxes, see resources for other taxes.
The Tax Commission does not establish individual property assessments, collect current or delinquent property taxes, and is not involved in the selling of property tax liens or the foreclosure process. These functions, if applicable, are carried out individually by towns, cities and villages throughout the county.
In Westchester County, property taxes are levied by school districts, local governments, cities and towns on behalf of the county, and special districts such as fire, sewer, water and library.
You may contact us either by mail, phone or fax or send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your tax-related inquiries and questions.
Westchester County Tax Commission 110 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Room L-221 White Plains, NY 10601 Tel: (914) 995-4325 Fax: (914) 995-4333
To understand Westchester County’s equalization process for property tax purposes, read about the county's equalization process. Four steps comprise the process and no community is singled out or given any preferential treatment over another. The equalization rate, determined annually by state for all the assessing jurisdictions in NYS, is an important factor in the Westchester County Equalization process. Learn more about the NYS the Equalization rate.