Assessor Lowers Property Value. City Uses Eminent Domain to Take Property.

The tax assessor for Belleville, NJ lowered a property value from  $528,000 to $298,900 and then the city manager exercised eminent domain against the price-reduced property.

Belleville is a special case where the tax assessor and the city manager are the same person. Conflict of Interest? A glimpse into other property value manipulations throughout the country?

NJ.com