Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an ordinance adopted by the City Council on May 14, 2025, and signed by the Acting Mayor on May 28, 2025, authorizing the Amendment of Ordinance No. 16, adopted by the City Council on November 13, 2024, entitled “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN APPLICATION FOR A CORRECTION FOR THE TAX YEARS 2023 AND 2024 FOR CITY, COUNTY AND SCHOOL TAX BILLS AND DIRECTING THE COMPTROLLER TO ISSUE A REFUND/CREDIT TO METRO GREEN REALTY OF WESTCHESTER, LLC / O OAK STREET - (BLOCK 164.68-1055-19) DUE TO A CORRECTION OF ERROR)” - (total tax refund/credit of $7,518.90 (City tax) to be satisfied in Budget Code A1964-492); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF
ORDINANCE NO. 16, ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
ON NOVEMBER 13, 2024, ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN
APPLICATION FOR A CORRECTION FOR THE TAX
YEARS 2023 AND 2024 FOR CITY, COUNTY, AND SCHOOL
TAX BILLS AND DIRECTING THE COMPTROLLER TO
ISSUE A REFUND/CREDIT TO METRO GREEN REALTY
OF WESTCHESTER, LLC / O OAK STREET - (BLOCK
164.68-1055-19) DUE TO A CORRECTION OF ERROR)
The City of Mount Vernon, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain, and enact:
Section 1. The first decretal paragraph, and Section 2 of Ordinance No. 16, adopted by the City Council on November 16, 2024, entitled “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN APPLICATION FOR A CORRECTION FOR THE TAX YEARS 2023 AND 2024 FOR CITY, COUNTY, AND SCHOOL TAX BILLS AND DIRECTING THE COMPTROLLER TO ISSUE A REFUND/CREDIT TO METRO GREEN REALTY OF WESTCHESTER, LLC / O OAK STREET - (BLOCK 164.68-1055-19) DUE TO A CORRECTION OF ERROR)” is hereby amended as follows:
Whereas, by letter dated [October 8, 2024] May 9, 2025, the Commissioner of the Department of Assessment has requested legislation to amend Section 2 of Ordinance No. 16, adopted by the City Council on November 13, 2024, advised the City Council that due to a Correction in Error, Metro Green Realty of Westchester, LLC, 0 Oak Street, Mount Vernon, NY 10550 for City, County, and School Tax Assessment for Block - 164.68-1055-19 on the Assessment Rolls for the following years warrants a correction and refund in the following amounts because there was an error in the essential facts and incorrectly assessed valuation, due to the parcel being within two (2) municipalities and the percentage in Mount Vernon was miscalculated on the 2023 final assessment roll for the 2024 tax year, which now warrants a correction in the following amounts for the tax year 2024: $7,518.90 (City tax), $2,880.45 (County tax) and $14,350.50 (School tax); and
Whereas, this refund/credit is due to Metro Green Realty of Westchester, LLC because there was an error in the essential facts and an incorrectly assessed valuation due to the parcel being within two (2) municipalities and the percentage in Mount Vernon was miscalculated on the 2023 final assessment roll for the 2024 tax year; Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved That
The City of Mount Vernon, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact:
Section 1. Authorization to Execute Application for Correction. The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute an application for correction to the 2023 Assessment Roll for the City, County, and School Tax Roll for Block - 164.68-1055-19 on the Tax Assessment Map, parcel being owned by Metro Green Realty of Westchester, LLC, 0 Oak Street, Mount Vernon, NY 10550 to indicate the correction herein.
Section 2. Authorization to Issue Refund/Credit. The Comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to issue a refund/credit to be satisfied in Budged Code A1964-492 in the total amount of $7,518.90 (City tax) [$24,749.85 (City, County, and School Tax)] to Metro Green Realty of Westchester, LLC, 0 Oak Street, Mount Vernon, NY 10550, Block - 164.68-1055-19, which shall correct the City, County, and School tax bills for the 2024 Tax Years. The County and School Districts are responsible for issuing their respective refunds to Metro Green Realty of Westchester, LLC.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval by the Board of Estimate & Contract.
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