John Horn for Shandaken Town Assessor
Bought home in Chichester in 1986, full-time resident since 1999. |
Licensed Professional Engineer ... Licensed Realtor ... Licensed Property Tax Consultant (Rockland County, Suffolk County) ... Appointed Small Claims Assessment Review Hearing Officer, NY State Supreme Court. |
Town of Shandaken: Chairman, Planning Board ... Comprehensive Plan Committee ... Zoning Revision Committee. |
Village of Pleasantville, NY ... Village Trustee, Mayor... Chairman of Assessment Review Board ... President, Pleasantville Homeowners Assoc. .... Chairman, Good Government Party ... Board of Directors, United Way of Westchester |
BS and MS, Civil Engineering .... Brooklyn Polytech. Univ. ... Univ. of Illinois ... Johns Hopkins Univ. ... George Washington Univ. |
LT, US Navy ... Engineering
Instructor, US Naval Academy ... Public Works Officer, Naval Air
Bases, San Diego ... SeaBee Reserve Unit,
Philadelphia. LtCol., NY State Guard |
Retired from IBM HQ in 1989; 27 years in Marketing Administration |
In 1990, started a firm which helped reduce taxes for over-assessed property owners. Won tax reductions for nearly 20,000 property owners in more than 100 Cities, Towns and Villages in downstate NY. Personally represented thousands of clients in Small Claims Court and before various Assessment Review Boards. Sold firm in 1999. |
In 1999, launched NYDEEDS.COM, an internet service, a database of real estate deed recordings in NY State. |