Table 1:
Newton Land Use and Tax Bills as of 07/6/2020
[Source: Newton Tax Assessors Office]
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Category
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Land
Use
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Distinct
Properties
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Res.
Units
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Land
Used in Square Miles
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2020
Tax+CPA:
Bills + PILOTs [1]
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Tax
Per Square Mile
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Tax Per Res Unit
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Taxable Residential
[Use Codes 0130, 1000 to 1999, and apartments from 0310]
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Single-Family
Homes
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17,087
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17,087
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7.188
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$222,235,451
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$30,918,807
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$13,006
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Residential Condos [2]
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1,277
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5,314
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0.886
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$39,513,804
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$44,590,564
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$7,436
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Two-Family Homes
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2,722
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5,444
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0.858
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$26,149,633
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$30,486,851
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$4,803
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Apartments
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166
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2,711
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0.183
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$7,489,202
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$40,988,734
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$2,763
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Undevelopable Residential Land
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713
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0
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0.156
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$285,518
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$1,825,300
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Developable Residential Land
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104
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0
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0.102
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$1,151,813
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$11,266,003
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Three-Family Homes
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266
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798
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0.088
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$2,843,938
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$32,484,652
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$3,564
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Non-Transient Group Quarters
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16
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1,026
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0.067
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$2,015,798
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$30,168,326
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$1,965
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Child Care Facility
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3
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0
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0.005
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$47,126
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$9,901,919
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Taxable Residential Land Use
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22,354
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32,380
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9.532
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$301,732,283
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$31,654,361
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$9,318
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Taxable Nonres. [Use Codes 2000 to 8999]
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Priv.
Golf Courses 61B [3]
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19
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0
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0.852
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$1,195,590
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$1,402,466
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Commercial [4]
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709
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0
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0.801
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$48,013,989
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$59,963,064
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Industrial
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75
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0
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0.140
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$4,083,433
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$29,219,130
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Taxable Nonresidential Land Use
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803
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0
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1.793
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$53,293,012
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$29,723,331
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Total Taxable Land Use
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22,988
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32,380
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11.287
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$355,025,294
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$31,455,543
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Tax-Exempt Residential [Residential Units are
approx., rather than exact]
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Govt.
Housing Apartments
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18
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538
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0.052
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$0
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Govt. Single/Two-Family, Condos
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75
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75
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0.018
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$0
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Charitable Housing Apartments
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8
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153
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0.014
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$20,000
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Charit Single/Two-Family, Condos
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19
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19
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0.007
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$0
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Priv.
Ed. Apartments
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1
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4
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0.000
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$0
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Priv.
Ed. Single-Family
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25
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25
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0.033
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$0
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Tax Exempt Residential Land Use
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146
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814
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0.124
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$20,000
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Tax-Exempt Nonres.
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City
Govt. Vacant Land
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324
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0
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0.659
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$0
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State, County, City Govt. Conserv.
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80
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0
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0.610
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$0
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Priv. Ed. Campuses Inc. Dorms [5]
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132
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2,253
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0.597
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$163,897
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City Govt. Improved Land
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46
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0
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0.368
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$0
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Charities
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42
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0
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0.322
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$70,826
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Religious
Including Parsonages
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86
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21
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0.144
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$0
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Public Golf Courses
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8
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0
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0.120
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$0
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Utilities and Trans. Authorities
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54
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0
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0.083
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$0
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Tax Exempt NonResidential Land Use
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772
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2,274
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2.903
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$234,722
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Total Exempt Land Use including Dormatories
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918
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3,088
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3.027
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$254,722
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Total Exempt Land Use Excluding Dorms.
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918
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835
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3.027
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$254,722
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Total Land Use excluding Dormatories [6]
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24,075
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33,215
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14.352
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$355,280,017
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Land use measurement in table is based on the
parcel "Use Code" assigned by the tax assessor to describe current
use. Use Code is NOT a zoning specification, but a measure of actual use.
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[1] Proof of payment obtained for two PILOT
(Payment in Lieu of Taxes): 100K from Boston College and 20K from the Stone
Institute. The Mayor's budget sources list PILOT paments of $360K, however.
The additonal PILOT payments will be added to the table when proof of payment
is obtained. There were also two tax bills totalling 134K in the exempt
property data received from the Newton Assessors Database.
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[2] Residential, Office, Professional, Retail
Condos with common lot are counted as
one "Distinct Property."
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[3]
61B Land gets a 75% cut in valuation with a resulting 75% cut in taxes.
Approx 5 years of the tax savings are paid back upon sale. See "Newton
Rezoning and Newton's Private Golf Courses" for more information.
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[4] Commercial use excludes 525 Nursing Home Units
from the "Residential Unit" count. Non-Transient Group Quarters
includes 394 Assisted Living Units in the "Residential Unit"
count.
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[5] Given the small volume and lack of exempt Use
Code detail, exempt government/charitable non-apartment housing, including
two families, are all measured as one residential unit.
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[6] The total billed property tax (only) revenue
of $355,160,017 was doublechecked against the $356,892,067 FY2020 property
tax revenue in the Mayor's FY2021 Comparative Summary of Budget Sources and
Uses. http://www.newtonma.gov/civicax/filebank/documents/103609
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