Replacing the property tax in NYC with a Land Value Tax

[Scott on the Spot]

Using AI, I propose a complete replacement of the existing property tax with a Land Value Tax for New York City, including a brief 7-minute video from another AI, also on Youtube.

Using Grok 5.2 (aka “SuperGrok” on the X platform), I first replaced the current byzantine 4-Class tax system in New York City, which is “convoluted and its outcomes unjust” according to today’s article in the local publication: The City – itself, like AI, entirely an online product of the internet age: https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/25/property-tax-bill-value-rate-reform-mamdani/. 

As a second step, I stepped up the proposal to a closer approximation of Henry George’s idea of a Single Tax to replace all others, while leaving the other sources of income – from the state and federal government, for example – in place.

Finally, I asked Grok to eschew federal support – a not entirely specious scenario given today’s antagonistic Trump administration, which has been cutting off funding for various mega-projects and social provisions firmly agreed to by prior administrations (some of which have been overturned by the courts) – and increase the LVT accordingly to make up the difference.

https://commonground-usa.net/replacing-the-current-4-class-property-tax-in-new-york-city-with-a-land-value-tax/