Press Boroughs in the Pie Chart to take a closer look at how the tax burden splits for each income bracket

Small HousesBKQNBXSIMNBK/$1 under $25,000BK/$25,000 under $50,000BK/$200,000 or moreBK/$100,000 under $200,000BK/$50,000 under $75,000BK/$75,000 under $100,000QN/$1 under $25,000QN/$100,000 under $200,000QN/$25,000 under $50,000QN/$50,000 under $75,000QN/$200,000 or moreQN/$75,000 under $100,000BX/$1 under $25,000BX/$25,000 under $50,000BX/$50,000 under $75,000BX/$100,000 under $200,000BX/$75,000 under $100,000BX/$200,000 or moreSI/$100,000 under $200,000SI/$25,000 under $50,000SI/$1 under $25,000SI/$50,000 under $75,000SI/$200,000 or moreSI/$75,000 under $100,000MN/$200,000 or moreMN/$100,000 under $200,000MN/$25,000 under $50,000MN/$1 under $25,000MN/$50,000 under $75,000MN/$75,000 under $100,000Condo/Co-opsMNBKBXQNSIMN/$200,000 or moreMN/$100,000 under $200,000MN/$25,000 under $50,000MN/$1 under $25,000MN/$50,000 under $75,000MN/$75,000 under $100,000BK/$200,000 or moreBK/$25,000 under $50,000BK/$1 under $25,000BK/$100,000 under $200,000BK/$50,000 under $75,000BK/$75,000 under $100,000BX/$1 under $25,000BX/$25,000 under $50,000BX/$50,000 under $75,000BX/$100,000 under $200,000BX/$75,000 under $100,000BX/$200,000 or moreQN/$1 under $25,000QN/$100,000 under $200,000QN/$25,000 under $50,000QN/$50,000 under $75,000QN/$200,000 or moreQN/$75,000 under $100,000SI/$100,000 under $200,000SI/$25,000 under $50,000SI/$1 under $25,000SI/$50,000 under $75,000SI/$200,000 or moreSI/$75,000 under $100,000

There are fundamental inquiteies codified within New York City tax law. This has created a disparity in tax burden across sections of New York society such that the rich get richer and the poor have to shoulder a larger portion of the taxload. Over the last 5 years, there has been an increasing trend of economic segregation in New York City as Brooklyn becomes more gentrified, and accessible housing is pushed to Bronx and parts of Queens. It is the Housing Rights Initiatives (HRI) is to guarantee everyone the right to live wherever one wants to regardless of his or her ethnicity, education, or economic status. Through this website, we wish to raise awareness for the need for housing rights. In the past several years, constructions in New York City shows intentions to attract wealthier people into Brooklyn while moving the less wealthier away to Queens and Bronx. The real problem is that THE CHOIES OF WHERE TO LIVE DICTATES THE TAX BURDEN A HOUSEHOLD HAS TO BEAR. Through this data we shockingly find that the POOREST in Queens and Bronx BEAR THE MOST TAX BURDEN.