General Discussion

As a former mayor of my town, I felt the sting of previous officials avoiding reevaluation for several years. I was called down to Trenton by request of Christie (then governor) and chewed out. I said "Hey! It was the former leaders of the town who neglected their duty- don't blame me!"

By formula, if your property taxes increased so much more than your neighbor's then you have been getting away with paying the wrong amount (lower) for many years. Fortunately, you're not responsible for paying for past under-evaluations. There is usually a way to appeal the increase. It could be that former owners of your home made improvements and didn't get permits.

Overall taxes should stay the same after a townwide re-evaluation; it's not an excuse to charge more than the budget allows.
There should have been homeowners whose taxes went down ... they were paying too much over the years.