Nyrelle Colón, Collector of School Taxes

Phone: 518-622-8534, ext. 25140

Cairo-Durham CSD
424 Main Street
P.O. Box 10
Cairo, NY 12413

View Your Tax Information Online

Property owners may access their tax information and pay their tax bill through Info-Tax Online. To find your tax information online, visit the Info-Tax website and: 

• Select "School"

• Select "Greene" from the County dropdown menu

• Click "Cairo-Durham CSD"

• Enter your LAST NAME ONLY in the "Owner Name" field. Only one line of information is required even though there are several text fields. 

Tax Collection Period

Tax bills will be mailed to district residents at the end of August.

Payment of school taxes should be made payable to the Cairo-Durham CSD Tax Collector between September 3 - October 4, 2024. After October 5, 2024, an interest charge of 2% will be applied. No tax payments will be accepted or processed by the School Tax Collector if postmarked after November 1, 2024.

See "Payment of Taxes" below for payment options and details.

After November 1, 2024, all unpaid taxes, plus penalty, will be returned to the County Treasurer for further collection.

Payment of Taxes

Online:  Taxpayers can pay tax bills online at Info-Tax Online.

• Simply enter the property owner's last name into Info-Tax Online and click "Search" (only one line of information is needed; the less information you enter, the better)

• Once you have brought up your tax information, the "Pay Balance" tab appears near the bottom left of the screen. Please note that the "Pay Balance" tab will only appear during the tax season. Municipality fees will apply to all online payments (this is not a Cairo-Durham CSD fee).

• Please allow seven (7) business days after date of payment for "paid status" to appear online.

In person:  Payment of school taxes may be made in person at the Bank of Greene County – Cairo Branch ONLY (230 M. Simons Road, Cairo, NY 12413) in the lobby only, during the following times with the exception of any holidays:

Checks should be made payable to Cairo-Durham CSD Tax Collector. Please remember to bring your tax bill with you.

By mail:  The school district will also accept payments by mail so long as the payment is in the exact amount due and made payable to “CDCSD Tax Collector.” Payment mailing address: 

Cairo-Durham CSD
P.O. Box 10
Cairo, NY 12413

You must include the original tax bill with your payment. No partial payments shall be accepted. Payments MUST BE postmarked by the final day of collection, or they will be returned to you.

STAR (School Tax Relief) Resource Center

The School Tax Relief (STAR) program offers property tax relief to eligible New York State homeowners.

If you are eligible and enrolled in the STAR program, you’ll receive your benefit each year in one of two ways:

• STAR credit check. If you are registered for the STAR credit, the Tax Department will send you a STAR check in the mail each year. You can use the check to pay your school taxes. You can receive the STAR credit if you own your home and it's your primary residence and the combined income of the owners and the owners’ spouses is $500,000 or less.

• STAR exemption: a reduction on your school tax bill. If you’ve been receiving the STAR exemption since 2015, you can continue to receive it for the same primary residence. As long as you remain eligible, you’ll see a reduction on your school tax bill for the amount of your STAR exemption. Note: The STAR exemption is no longer available to new homeowners.

Basic STAR Exemption

• Available for owner-occupied, primary residences;

• The income limit for the Basic STAR credit is $500,000 (the income limit for the Basic STAR exemption is $250,000);

• Based on the first $30,000 of the full value of a home

To apply click here or call 518-457-2036.

Enhanced STAR Exemption

• Provides an increased benefit for the primary residences of senior citizens (age 65 and older) with qualifying incomes:

The STAR benefit applies only to school district taxes. It doesn’t apply to county, town, or city taxes, except in the cities of New York, Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse.  In those five cities, the exemption is applied partly to city taxes and partly to school taxes.

Note: Senior citizens receiving STAR may also be eligible for the senior citizens exemption. See Senior citizens exemption to learn more.

Click here to learn more about the STAR program, or call 518-457-2036.

Important Changes to STAR Exemption Program: New applicants who qualify for STAR must register with New York State instead of applying with their assessor. You will receive a STAR credit in the form of a check, rather than receiving a property tax exemption. The dollar value of the credit will be the same as the property tax exemption. You can register online here or by phone at 518-457-2036. These changes do not affect homeowners who registered for the STAR exemption prior to the 2015 deadline.

To learn more, visit https://www.tax.ny.gov/star/

Town Assessors

Cairo:

Janice Hull
Phone: 518-622-3120, ext. 252
assessor@townofcairo.com

Durham:

Nancy Bower
Phone: 518-239-8362, ext. 2
assessor@durhamny.com

Athens:

Dawn DeRose
Phone: 518-945-1044
dderose@townofathensny.com

Catskill: 

Audre Higbee
Phone: 518-934-2141, ext. 7  
assessor@townofcatskillny.gov

Coxsackie:

Gordon Bennett
Phone: 518-731-6893 
gbennet@coxsackie.org

Greenville:

Gordon Bennett
Phone: 518-966-5055 ext. 3
assessorclerk@townofgreenvilleny.com

Conesville:

Marie Stuber
Phone: 607-588-7211 ext. 4
consevilleassessor@gmail.com

Rensselaerville:

Peter Hotaling
Phone: 518-239-4225
assessors@rensselaerville.com

Additional Contact Links  

The Greene County Real Property Tax Services website offers links concerning Greene County, NY properties, including: STAR & other exemptions, tax assessors, tax collectors, tax rates, tax assessments, tax sales data, tax maps, etc.

Real Property Tax Service

County Information: 

Albany County           518-487-5291

Greene County          518-719-3527

Schoharie County      518-295-8349