When asked how a plan to address high tax assessments in Wilmington was going, Mayor John Carney had a quick answer.
“Not great.”
In September 2025, Carney announced a plan to address tax assessments in what he and his administration thought were unfairly hit neighborhoods in Wilmington. Some assessments in the city’s dense urban core soared during a statewide reassessment in 2025, leading to higher tax bills without the official city tax rate actually changing…