BY THE NUMBERS: Christie touts major ‘Fairness Formula’ property tax savings for Bergen County

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

Governor Chris Christie takes his #fairschoolfunding push to Bergen County on Thursday, Save Jerseyans, and he’ll make the case for a new K-12 state aid formula to a town hall audience in Fair Lawn. You can watch the event here LIVE:

This plan is a no-brainer.

Even the home town of Steve Sweeney, a leading opponent of the plan, way down in South Jersey would receive 58% more funding per student in addition to average net property tax decreases.

Here are the average town-by-town property tax savings for Bergen ahead of today’s event. Share with a friend in North Jersey:

 

MUNICIPALITY

AVERAGE

HO– USEHOLD

SAVINGS

ALLENDALE

$3,043

ALPINE BOROUGH

$1,864

BERGENFIELD BOR

$1,488

BOGOTA BOROUGH

$710

CARLSTADT

$833

CLIFFSIDE PARK BOR

$1,636

CLOSTER

$3,146

CRESSKILL BOROUGH

$3,614

DEMAREST

$3,541

DUMONT BOROUGH

$1,424

E RUTHERFORD

$1,018

EDGEWATER BOROUGH

$1,284

ELMWOOD PARK BOR

$2,241

EMERSON BOROUGH

$2,556

ENGLEWOOD CITY

$1,017

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS BOR

$1,311

FAIR LAWN BOROUGH

$2,223

FAIRVIEW BOROUGH

$1,055

FORT LEE BOROUGH

$1,669

FRANKLIN LAKES

$3,035

GLEN ROCK BOROUGH

$3,442

HACKENSACK CITY

$1,011

HARRINGTON PARK

$3,189

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS BOR

$2,545

HAWORTH

$3,004

HILLSDALE

$2,738

HOHOKUS BOROUGH

$3,394

LEONIA BOROUGH

$1,853

LITTLE FERRY BOROUGH

$1,999

LODI BOROUGH

$1,167

LYNDHURST TOWNSHIP

$1,625

MAHWAH TOWNSHIP

$1,415

MAYWOOD BOROUGH

$1,907

MIDLAND PARK BOR

$2,222

MONTVALE

$2,356

MOONACHIE BOROUGH

$1,039

NEW MILFORD BOROUGH

$2,306

NORTH ARLINGTON BOR

$2,208

NORTHVALE

$2,022

NORWOOD

$2,520

OAKLAND

$2,275

OLD TAPPAN

$3,153

ORADELL

$3,164

PALISADES PARK BOR

$1,886

PARAMUS BOROUGH

$1,460

PARK RIDGE BOROUGH

$2,107

RAMSEY BOROUGH

$2,411

RIDGEFIELD BOROUGH

$1,693

RIDGEFIELD PARK VIL

$1,947

RIDGEWOOD BOROUGH

$4,209

RIVER EDGE

$3,108

RIVER VALE

$2,956

ROCHELLE PARK TWP

$1,272

ROCKLEIGH BOROUGH

$1,776

RUTHERFORD BOROUGH

$2,282

SADDLE BROOK TWP

$1,605

SADDLE RIVER BOR

$1,653

SOUTH HACKENSACK TWP

$1,082

TEANECK TOWNSHIP

$1,573

TENAFLY BOROUGH

$4,478

TETERBORO BORO

$25

UPPER SADDLE RIVER

$3,642

WALDWICK BOROUGH

$2,505

WALLINGTON BOROUGH

$1,984

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP

$2,182

WESTWOOD BOROUGH

$1,888

WOODCLIFF LAKE

$2,884

WOOD-RIDGE BOROUGH

$1,823

WYCKOFF TWP

$2,993

 

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