384.794,597 114,388,129

270,406,468

289,648,336

296,896,656
327,002,096

Constitutlonal Debt Limit.

Dollars.

$8,500,000
18,000,000
29,000,000
40,750,000
54,250,000
68,750,000

7,600 11,707,544 5,388,335 2,107,600 12,100,206 4,322,997 9,912,600 12,937,776 4,272,308 22,467,600 13,276,709 7,537,149 41,748,600 15,188,951 5,408,640 34,457,000 17,101,850 6,280,500 42,097,000 18,459,015 7,462,500 50.412,270 20,799,880 8,368,000 53,646,036 24,576,522 8,991,990 74,006,600 29,671,070

412.047,717 122,399,480 434,339,605 137,442,948 469.123.199 142,121,103 534,954,131 139,330,352 395,623,778 565,056,512 140,380,612 424,675,900 617,484,892 150,294,186 467.190.705 672.396,965 143,187.164 $29,209.801 730,691,994 141,671,340 589,020,654 794.930,288 146,868,059 648,062,228 85,500,000 5,208,150 60,367,290 32,178,760 843,503,798 154,140,289 689.363,508 102,500,000 7,364,625 58,874,533 34,214.137 917,811,718 157,970,000 759,841,718 120,000,000 5,970,164 46,671.621 85,473,685 985,190,042 161,679,241 823.510.800 137,500,000 7,038,065 34,712,775 38,453,876 1,064,418,429 169,955,027 894,463.401 159,500,000 6,319,225 33,694,415 37.745,836 1,124,020,221 180.217.873 943,802.347 183,000,000 11,925,425 48,536,947 42,428,903 1,154,483,821 176,078,406 978,405,414 206,000,000 9,367,075 43,000,000 42,020,934 1,191,317,251 176,111,545 1.015.205,706 229.500,000 9,999.948 26,004,500 43,284,252 1,214,948,477 193,749,437 1.025,799,039 254,500,000 15,600,000 39,074,400 47,663,019 1,225,055,569 183,013,219 1,042,042,350 281,500,000 15,325,000 33,996,500 48,949,997 1,238,260,597 204.382.238 1.033,878,359 310,000,000 9.989.900 32,360.500 49,751,993 1,246,858,861 215,236,727 1,031.622,134 342,500,000 40,354,583 62,767,000 53,501,482 1,292,973,059 225,890,922 1.067.082,137 376,500,000 35,602,650 78,068.500 55,144,736 1.316,160,385 222.817.753 1,093,342,632 414.000.000 18,350.000 40.600.000 55,302,516 1.373.350,838 232,797,501 1.140,553,337 452,500,000 20,225,000 25,000,000 57,148,780 1,459,589,250 243,471,989 1.216.117,251 492,000,000 21,257,000 38.000.000 59,623,779 1.565,853,726 271.144,605 1,294,709,121 533,000,000 25,276,000 25,000,000 63,882,059

Dollars. Dollars. Dollars.

Dollars.

Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. 800,664,786 51.373.749 34,794,116 16,579,634 21. 862,612,170 63,513,845 28,280,677 35,233,168 804,985.991 56.792.917 37,635.604 19,157,312 22. 997,298,510 175,266,897 41,624,292 133,642,604 810,876,423 54,326,698 32,094,237 22,232,461 23. 1,024,999,183 173,180,950 44,666,079 128,514,871 820,782,236 51,501,752 39,518,861 11,982,891 24. 1,059,606,557 148,323,274 81,207,267 67,116,006 825,454,900 50,270,155 31,851,077 18,419,078 25. 1,114,881,149 123,423,546 76,412,965 47,010,581 833,964,285 73,892,163 22,287,395 51,604,768 26. 1,190,134,855 101,747,552 59,572,882 42,174,670 842,832,275 70,478,319 49,038,949 21,439,370

1900..

Dollars. 2,918,986,004

Dollars.

Dollars.

Dollars.

2,995,580,622|

Dollars. 3,168,557,700 485,574,495 3,654,132,195 $2,548,199 3,237,778,261 550,192,612 3,787,970,873 88,241,853 3,330,647,579 526,400,139 3,857,047,718 88,178,612 4,751,550,826 680,866,092 5,432,416,918 77,631,787 5,015,463,779 625,078,878 5,640,542,657 86,068,402 5,221,582,301 690,561,926 5,912,144,227 88,980,728 5,738,487,245 567,306,940 6,305,794,185 94,095,105 6,240,480,602 554,861,313 6,795,341.915 101,947,668 6,722,415,789 435,774,611 6,807,179,704 443,320.855 7,044,192,674 372,644,825 7,858,840,164 357,923,123 7,861,898,890 342,963,540 8,006,647,861 325,418,440 8,049,859,912 340,295,560 8,108,760.787 352,051,755 8,207,822,361 376,530,150

Dollars.

7,158,190,400 116,541,091 7,250,500,559 122,742.630 7,416,837,499 131,474,976 8,216,763,287 142,237,757 8,204,862,430 150,956,702 8,332,066,301 151,786,264 8,390,155,472 150,503,894

8,460,812,542 160,295,797

8,584,352,511 176,381.879

8,673,705,315 177,067.174

Dollars. 29,892,345 219,679,351 1901.. 30,863,445 211,334,194 1902.. 3,079,351,079 30,676,345 220,620,155 1903.. 4,487,399,006 28,967,495 235,184,325 1904.. 4,731,771,724 32,170,605 251,521,450 1905.. 4,886,924,891 32,463,860 302,193,550 1906.. 5,326,413,110 50,594,835 361,479,300 1907.. 5,704,009,652 69,615,950 466,855,000 1908.. 6,141,500,119 88,425,200 492,490,470 1909.. 6,257,352,379 75,825,425 474,001,900 1910.. 6,491,335,999 87,447,075 465,409,600 1911.. 7,211,325,769 166,496,295 481,018,100 1912.. 7,279,579,651 169,170,440 413,147,799 1913.. 7,387,347,104 180,549,176 438,861,581 1914.. 7,458,784,625 186,654,976 404,420,311 1915.. 7,527,890,627 200,897,090 379,973,070 1916.. 7,568,649,179 213,820,520 425,352,662 1917.. 7,570,367,350 222,614,005 461,567,645 8,254,549,000 419,156,315 1918.. 7,672,715,813 227,448,940 439,474,098 8,339,638,851 251,414,875 8,591,053,726 198,232,811 1919.. 7,775,808,999 242,832,150 409,681,604 8,428,322,753 362,412,780 8,790,735,533 204,756,45 1920.. 7,961,898,798 246,511,175 417,712,584 8,626,121,707 296,506,185 8,922,627,892 223,021,070 1921.. 9,268,281,195 276,447,330 428,256,579 9,972,895,104 213,222,175 10,186,207,279 284,146,63 1922.. 9,541,002,025 282,488,900 426,500,910 10,249,991,835 210,608,045 10,460,599,880 286,077,28 1923.. 9,880,587,528 285,848,050 429,630,770 10,596,066,348 216,585,350 10,812,651,698 295,803,03 1924. 10,441,106,794 279,144,950 428,559,749 11,148.811.493 231,174,150 11,379,985,643 312,664,521 1925. 11,155,299,900 292,090,500 453,958,153 11,901,348,553 239,509,540 12,140,856,093 327,951,701 1926.. 12,210,009,592 312,067,300 495,503,943 12,997,580,835 258,987,975 13,256,568,810 361,441,677

1927 tentative (subject to review) realty assessed valuations, exclusive of special franchises (personalty in parentheses)~

Manhattan, $7,569,191,655 ($669,567,950).
Bronx, $1,373,750,380 ($82,708,400).
Brooklyn, $3,509,299,540 ($228,515,700).
Queens, $1,456,161,285 ($39,839,400).
Richmond, $257,496,935 ($10,460,525).
Whole city-$14,165,899,795 ($1,031,091,975).
There are 746,374 parcels of real estate in the

city-Manhattan, 83,887; Bronx, 87,438; Brooklyn, 278,779: Queens, 235.794; Richmond, 60,476, The number of those assessed on personalty 83,522-Manhattan, 37,290; Bronx, 12,146: Brook lyn, 26,112; Queens, 6,345; Richmond, 1,629.

Realty assessed values were put, 1903 and since, presumably at full value.

The assessed values in the table above on “realya other than corporation," 1922 and since, does not include realty exempt from taxation for local pur poses.

TAX RATES ON REAL PROPERTY IN NEW YORK CITY, BY BOROUGHS, SINCE 1898

Note-In 1914, and thereafter, first rate in second column is Manhattan, second is Bronx.

YEAR

1875.

ASSESSED VALUES, LEVIES AND RATES, OLD CITY OF NEW YORK.
(Former City of New York. The tax rate is figured on each $100 of assessed valuation.)
Assess. Val. Assess. Val.,
Assess. Val. Assess. Val.j
of Realty.
of Realty. Personalty.
Dollars.

Tax

Dollars.

Tax

Personalty. Tax Levy. Rate. YEAR Tax Levy. Rate Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Dols. Dollars. Dal 883,643,545 217,300.154 32,367,744.75 2.94 1886. 1,203,341,065 217,027,221 32,421,550.15 2.29 1876. 892,287,015 218,626,178 31,109,521.60 2.80 1887. 1,254,431,849 253,148,814 32,370,696.78 2.16 1877. 895,063,933 206,028.160 29,178,940.47 2.65 1888. 1,332,818,879 250.623,552 34,329,960.12 2.22 1878. 900,855,700 197,532,075 28.008.888.26 2.55 1889. 1,331,578,291 272,260,822 31,145,370.05 1.95 1879. 918.134,380 175,934,955 28,226,988.84 2.58 1830. 1,398,290,007 298,688,383 33,212,034.93 1.97 1880. 942,571,690 201,194,037 28,937,272.90 2.53 1831. 1,461,217,820 321,609,518 33,761,394.00 1 90 1881. 976,735,199 209,212,899 31,071,840.19 2.62 1892 1,504,901,603 323,359,672 33,725,555.84 185 1882. 1,135,203,816 198,272,582 27,681,427.26 2.25 1893. 1,562,582,393 370,936,136 35,022,690.60 1.8 1883 1,179,130,669 197,546,495 29.167,029.81 2.29 1894 1,613,057,735 390,274,302 35,659.028.78 1.79 1884. 1.119,761,597 218,536,746 29,991.172.85 2.25 1895 1,646,028,655 370,919,007 38,403,761.18 1.91 1885. 1,168,443,137 202,673,866 32,853,528.84 2.40 1896. 1,731,509,143 374,975,762 44,900,330.28 3.14

NEW YORK CITY BUDGETS.

For County. Total Budget. Defic. in Taxes Grand Totale

1900..

1901..

Year.

For City.

3,686,728

100,349,619

3,723,064

1904..

102,963,260

1905.

105,775,245

4,042,348

1906..

112,654,129

4,151,360

116,805,490

1,845,061

118,650,552

127,421,505

140,572,266

3,000,000

143,572,266

1909..

148,454,504

5,175,796

153,630,301

2,922,447

156,552,748

5,355,124

159,128,270

163,967,835

1912.

167,585,735

14,181,693

The total for city purposes includes direct State taxes, which, in 1926 were $17,564,809.
Interest on, and redemption of, city debt, totaled $128,020,854 In 1926.
The Board of Aldermen, in Nov., 1926, fixed the 1927 budget at $474,893,300.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN NEW YORK CITY.

Dollars. 1900.. 1,009 49,622,400 1,023 8,500,863 3,019 16,499,582 1901.. 1,471 112,576,660 1,080 9,599,980 3,377 18,198,617 1902.. 860 80,384,375 882 6,503,979 3,173 18,549,062| 1903.. 1,038 75,104,200 795 6,792,884 3,99) 23,946,292 1904.. 1,423 75,267,780 1,684 23,068,185) 5,998 42,027,997 1905.. 2,572 124,746,552 2,278 38,313,438) 8,788 66,660,856 1906.. 1,621 107,977,515 2,246 27,622,730 8,581 65,066,325 948 74,939,900 1,967 20,784,600 8,478 64,150,107 659 84,97 .376 1,912 21,415,160 6,737 39,838,866 995 131,246,483 2,402 40,748,610 10,305 60,130,476 1910.. 838 96,703,029 2,028 44,031,405 5,770 34.813,720 1911.. 840 98,537,275 1,357 32,837,060| 5,288 32,598,240 1912.. 757 116,325,135 1,310 34,644,400 5,105 36,172,377 1913.. 577 73,970,685 846 20,072,489] 3,616 30,719,101 1914. 411 45,471,165 735 16,347,382| 4,379 38,269,185 1915... 489 64,652,869 962 28,119,100 5,121 40,300,600 561114,690,145 4,946 35,397,480 2,696 27,613,290 2,815 17,858,425 12,889 68,137,966| 8,910 46,022,687 8,598 63,548,948 15,208 146,812,715 21,105 194,301,755 35,801 284,215,480 21,579 238,420,165

650 16,725,582 640 8,545,475 206 3,991,900 1,089 21,006,865

1917.. 321 29,068,525
8,507,000
379 72,283,061
783 96,199,860 1,115 18,585,600
936 121,032,441 3,529 72,150,739
1,075 140,941,677 4,748 107,081,184
1,569 178,981,460 5,472 122,731,203
926 258,761,585 6,512 127,979,621
940 370,776,504 4,569 151.647,402

6,914 38,092,548 13,991 81,663,823 21,583 134,283,277 25,021 157,711,745

24.834 218,167,790 24,688 156,556,224 3,519 16,132,879 31,527 172,898,614 2,886 13,173,881

Dollars.

Dollars.

Dollars.

944 1,452

2,796,521 283

872.178

4,869,596 277

806,844

1,231

5,159,979

350

1,137,904

1,321 4,829,929
1,923 8,863,774
3,251 12,827,960
4,070 17,003,216
3,929 15,944,259
3,896 13,842,000
4,758 19,407,921
4,133 15,144,377
5,374 22,212,355 911
4,821 19,651,222 1,007
4,653 17,504,955 1,013
4,596 18,098,290 1,166
5,756 20,316,392 1,381
5,333 20,009,683 1,378
3,619 11,651,078 1,171
2,228 6,768,138

349

1,653,521

337

921,080

480 2,099,340

824

4,216,641

840

3,231,381

763

2,850,145

730

2,527,545

841

891 2,135

2,085,293

4,295,399

1899.. 10,979 156,843,327 1906.. 17,345 221,886,427 1913. 10,705 145,644,339 1920.. 19,436 221,265,897 1900.. 6,278 78,291,544 1907.. 16,162 179,050,247 1014.. 11,287 120,458,920 1921.. 37,105 431,830,628 1901.. 7,657 146,551,697 1908. 13,967 62,912,548 1915. 13,709 156,019,153 1922.. 51,750 587,690,9 1902.. 6,496 111,735,299 1909.. 19,190 254,061,035 1916.. 12,871 191,386,606|| 1923. 70,994 755,817,826 1903. 7,502 112,326.826 1910.. 13,610 194,059,399 1017.. 8,447 80,593,938 1924.. 60,479 777,598,090 1904. 11,365 150,148,816 1911.. 13,770 178,698,154 1918.. 6.322 39,210,756 1925. 61,501 946,916,568 1905.17,369 244,648,206 1912.. 13,000 210,505,2371919.. 25,402 221,745,978||

The figures in the two tables above are for plans filed in the years named, with builders' estimates. BUILDING OPERATIONS ON LONG ISLAND.

Name

VALUABLE MANHATTAN BUILDINGS.
(1927 Tax Department assessed valuations, subject to revision.)
OFFICE BUILDINGS ($1,000,000 OR MORE).

N. Y. Prod, Exchange..
Cunard Bldg.
Bowling Green.
Washington Bldg.
Whitehall Bldg.

C. 8. Shipping Board.
Adams Express.
American Express
Empire Bldg..
28 Broadway
Broadway
42 Broadway
Exchange Court.
! Wall Street
Stock Exchange.
Commercial Cable.
24 Broad Street.
50 Broad Street.
Valentine Bldg.

Seaboard Nat'l Bank
Broad Exchange
Mills Bldg..

J. P. Morgan.
National City Bank
Munson Bldg

V. Y. Cotton Exchange
Kerr Realty Co
50 Wall Street.
NO Maiden Lane..
Mechanics & Metals B'k
Mutual Life Ins. Co...
Amer. Surety Co.
Hanover Nat'l Bank.
Bankers Trust.
Equitable Trust.
Guaranty Trust Co.
Nat. B'k of Commerce.
111 Broadway

4,900,000 115 Broadway. 11,000,000 2 Rector Street. 4,500,000 30 Church Street. 3.650.000 50 Church Street. 8.100.000 165 Broadway. 1,950,000 Singer Bldg. 10.000.000 Liberty Tower

5.000.000 Federal Reserve Bank.14,500.000 Aeolian Hall.

4,700,000 Westinghouse Bldg

12,300,000 American Tel. & Tel.

4,375,000 Tribune Bldg.

3,250,000 World Bldg.

1,400,000 National Park Bank.

1,150,000 Woolworth Bldg 13,850,000 280 Broadway

3,050,000 Emigrant Bank.

2,500,000 Central Tele. Exchange
2,440,000 Holland House..
1,025,000 Marbridge Bldg
2,000,000 Consolidated Gas.
6,000,000 Germanic Life.
5,325,000 Eagle Bldg.
5,800.000 Flatiron Bldg.
6,400,000 Met. Life Ins. Co.
4,000,000 Metropolitan (annex)
4,125,000 Wadsworth Bldg.
1,200,000 N. Y. Telephone Co.
2,600,000 Bank of America.
4,200,000 Textile..
3,500,000 Banks
10,400.000 Heidelberg.
7,500,000 Brokaw Bros.
4,730,000 Longacre.

31,000,000 Exhibition.

4,150.000

7,000,000 Fitzgerald.

3,675.000 Candler.

5,925,000 U. S. Rubber Co.
7,000,000!