CHANGING YOUR STATE’S CURRENT PROPERTY TAX TO A LAND VALUE TAX

Mar 18, 2026 | Articles, Groundswell

A discourse on navigating the transitionCommon Ground-OR/WAMarch 2026 In this document we propose four steps that will ease the transition from a state’s present equal rate property tax system to a land value tax. Several ideas evolved during our simulation studies...

Replacing the Current 4-Class Property Tax in New York City with a Land Value Tax (Updated 3/15/26)

Feb 26, 2026 | Articles, Groundswell, Video

By Scott Baker and Grok 5 Version 2.0: https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=2032118973647515773 A major land value reassessment in my and Grok’s original paper: Replacing the Current 4-Class Property Tax in New York City with a Land Value Tax, published below on 2/26/26...

The Housing Twenties: New York’s Biggest Building Boom and Its Lessons for Today

Oct 30, 2024 | Articles, Groundswell

Responding to Jason M. Barr – Professor of Economics, Rutgers University–Newark Professor Barr posted an analysis of the building boom in the 1920s-early 1930s in his popular blog: Building the Skyline: https://buildingtheskyline.org/housing-twenties/. Barr...

City of Yes and the NYC Planning Commission

Jul 19, 2024 | Articles, Groundswell, Research

    Any tenant in NYC from rent-stabilized apartments to market rate ones will tell you there’s a serious lack of affordable housing.  The recent migrant crisis put additional pressure on the situation.  Dan Garodnick, the Chair of the City...

Fiscal Note: “Comparable Rentals”

Jul 9, 2024 | Articles, Research

By Brad Lander – Lead-in by Scott Baker New York City’s Comptroller Brad Lander is out with a new report on how condos and co-ops are compared with rental buildings. While comparable buildings are selected by law, the fact is, according to Lander, that...

My Personal History with the Henry George School

Mar 23, 2024 | Articles, Groundswell

I began as a student at the Henry George School in late 2006, a bit after I got laid off from a 22-year job at New York University, and when I needed a new direction in life.  I found this in the teaching of Henry George.  The school was a very different...