The Lie:
Why You May Believe the Lie:
The Comptroller has County-wide oversight responsibilities to uncover waste, fraud, and mismanagement. In Feb. 2022, Phillips announced her plan to audit the County’s broken tax assessment system.
The Truth:
In January 2023, Phillips released her assessment audit which called for a modeling system capable of performing valuations in-house of most residential properties, and a plan to keep assessment rolls current. Phillips abandoned her commitment and never implemented the fixes resulting in property owners having their assessments frozen for the entire time Phillips has served as Comptroller.
Action You Can Take:
- Share this post on your social media and email and discuss it with your friends.
- Contact Comptroller Phillips (at 516-571-2386) and demand she keep her promise to fix the County’s tax assessment mess.
Source & Additional Media:
- Long Island Press: Oakes, C. (2025/03/18), “Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Phillips runs for re-election”
- Newsday: Brodsky, R. and Eidler, S. (2023/01/13), “Audit: Nassau reassessment relied on ‘flawed data’ “
