Accord property assessments change sharply in Town of Rochester’s 2026 reassessment

Accord-area property owners are seeing different assessment figures in the Town of Rochester’s 2026 reassessment, but an assessment is not the same thing as a final tax bill.

What Rochester’s 2026 roll shows

The Town of Rochester’s 2026 tentative assessment roll lists a July 1, 2025 valuation date, a March 1, 2026 taxable-status date and a 100% uniform percentage of value. Rochester is the assessing jurisdiction for properties in Accord; Accord is not a separate assessing municipality.

The roll is tentative, so parcel figures may change before the final assessment roll is filed. The official document identifies the figures as part of Rochester’s 2026 tentative roll.

One Accord-area example

A county property-report result for 6 Schroon Hill Road identifies the parcel in the Town of Rochester and lists a 2026 land assessment of $63,000. That is the specific Accord-area figure available for this report.

The live Image Mate property-detail page redirected to a login page during verification. A directly accessible prior-year record was therefore not available to independently confirm a 2025 comparison, and this report does not state that the parcel increased by a particular percentage.

The townwide roll includes different property classes, land values, buildings and other improvements, exemptions and prior assessment levels. One parcel cannot establish a uniform increase for all Accord properties.

An assessment is not a tax bill

Reassessment updates the value assigned to property for tax purposes. It does not, by itself, determine the amount an owner will owe.

The eventual tax bill also depends on county, town and school tax levies and rates, exemptions and the parcel’s share of the total taxable property base. Special-district charges may also apply. The Rochester roll shows Accord fire-district and Rochester Ambulance District entries on applicable parcels.

As a result, a higher assessment does not automatically produce the same percentage increase in a tax bill, and a doubled assessment would not necessarily mean a doubled bill. Final tax rates and levy decisions are separate from the assessment roll.

What owners can do now

Owners should review their parcel entry in the current roll and check the listed property characteristics and exemptions. Ulster County advises owners who disagree with an assessment to review the current roll, speak with the local assessor and use New York’s instructions, forms and procedures if they decide to file a grievance.

Corrections or grievance decisions may alter a figure before the roll becomes final. Owners should also wait for final assessment and tax-rate information before estimating the effect on a 2026 tax bill.

For Accord property owners, the practical next step is to compare the parcel’s entry with the tentative roll and ask the assessor about any apparent error in land, improvements, classification or exemptions.

Sources

• County Property Report for 6 Schroon Hill Road
• Ulster County Assessment Guidance
• New York State Reassessment Resources