Capital Region
Nassau, New York
Nassau is a town in Rensselaer County, in New York's Capital Region region, home to about 4,500 people as of the 2020 census.
In New York the practical answer turns on the exact address — the school district, any village lines, and how the parcel is assessed all shape the tax bill. The snapshot and official links below are the place to start.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Rensselaer
- Region
- Capital Region
- Population (2020)
- 4,545
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Nassau
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · Home & Property
Nassau property questions should start with the Dewey Loeffel CAG
Nassau residents can use the Dewey Loeffel Community Advisory Group and EPA site profile before making water or property assumptions.
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Nassau Route 203 contamination calls for EPA-source checking
A Nassau concern note flags the town's Route 203 contamination page and urges property readers to check official EPA updates before assuming conditions.
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Nassau Changed Names, but Kept a Deep Town-History Habit
Nassau’s official history page links the town to Philipstown, its 1806 founding, 1808 renaming, and a broad local archive habit.
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Schodack Rests on the River Island
Schodack Island State Park gives Schodack a Hudson River landscape of shoreline, trails, estuary habitat, and local history.
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Sand Lake's Hamlets Hold Glass, Lakes, And Hill Roads
Sand Lake's texture comes from lake hamlets, old glass and mill memory, Taborton hill roads, and a Rensselaer County upland setting.
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Schodack keeps its old hamlets in the photo drawer
Schodack's historian page gives Rensselaer County color through Castleton, Schodack Landing, old rail images, and hamlet memory.
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New Lebanon holds the Mount Lebanon Shaker story
Shaker Museum gives New Lebanon a direct Mount Lebanon story through Shaker material culture, archives, and a major research collection.
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Sand Lake Assessment Checks Start With Rensselaer PROS
For Sand Lake property questions, use the town assessor and Rensselaer County PROS records before assuming a listing has the full story.
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Stephentown keeps Berkshire-edge history in an active society calendar
Stephentown’s history page shows local memory through its historical society, heritage center, historian, curator, and public programs.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $16–$22 per $1,000
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $4,950–$6,521 a year before the STAR break.
A planning estimate, not a bill. Your exact rate depends on your school district and any village. Confirm with the assessor.
Statewide links
Statewide starting points.
Good to know
- • Your assessed value usually isn't your market value — ask for the equalization rate.
- • Register for STAR; new applicants generally receive a credit instead of an automatic exemption on the bill.
- • Outside the cities, check the well, the septic, and the FEMA flood map before you buy.
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Tax rates: NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance (ORPTS), Real Property Tax Rates and Levy Data by Municipality, data.ny.gov dataset iq85-sdzs. (FY2025). Population: U.S. Census 2020. Reviewed June 2026. Source data ->
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