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File Certificate of Withdrawal for MA 27.A-2-62
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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, 2020 which included the parcel in question; and
WHEREAS, the County Treasurer commenced the tax foreclosure proceeding for unpaid 2020 taxes on October 28, 2021; and
WHEREAS, one parcel, MA27.A-2-62, meets one or more of the criteria so that it should be withdrawn from the foreclosure proceeding pursuant to ?1138 of the Real Property Tax Law, in that if the County were to acquire the parcel, there is a significant risk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; 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 a Certificate of Withdrawal from the foreclosure proceeding; and
WHEREAS, the County Treasurer and Real Property Advisory Board have determined that the commencement of supplementary proceedings against said parcel pursuant to ?1138(5) of the Real Property Tax Law in the manner provided by ?990 of the Real Property Tax Law would not be an effective means to enforce collection of the delinquent tax liens at the present time because the property is a 35 x 735 square foot parcel of land which runs along the back of four adjacent properties and is substantially underwater. All adjacent property owners we...
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