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File #: ID-5596    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/12/2023 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 7/20/2023 Final action: 7/20/2023
Enactment date: 7/20/2023 Enactment #: 275-23
Title: Withdraw parcels in the Town of Fallsburg from a foreclosure proceeding
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Withdraw parcels in the Town of Fallsburg from a foreclosure proceeding
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Resolution to withdraw parcels in the Town of Fallsburg from a foreclosure proceeding pursuant to ?1138(6)(b) and to issue respective certificates canceling taxes

WHEREAS, the County Treasurer is the Real Property Tax Enforcement Officer for the County of Sullivan pursuant to the Real Property Tax Law of the State of New York; and

WHEREAS, the County Treasurer filed a List of Delinquent Taxes on or about November 1, 2016 which included the parcels in question; and

WHEREAS, the County Treasurer commenced the tax foreclosure proceeding for unpaid 2016 taxes on October 25, 2017; and

WHEREAS, several parcels on said List of Delinquent Taxes meet one or more of the criteria so that they should be withdrawn from the foreclosure proceeding pursuant to ?1138 of the Real Property Tax Law, in that if the County were to acquire the parcel, there is a significant risk that it might be exposed to a liability substantially in excess of the amount that could be recovered by enforcing the tax lien, as follows: Town of Fallsburg SBL 58.A-1-21, 58.B-1-25, 58.B-3-26, 58.B-4-38, 58.B-5-13, 58.C-2-17, 58.C-4-19, 58.C-4-20, 58.D-1-18, 58.P-1-17, 58.P-1-9, 58.P-2-13 and 58.P-2-30; and

WHEREAS, based upon the foregoing, the County Treasurer and Real Property Advisory Board have determined that it would be in the best interest of the County to execute and file Certificates of Withdrawal of said parcels from the foreclosure proceeding; and

WHEREAS, the County Treasurer and Real Property Advisory Board have determined that the commencement of supplementary pro...

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