Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an ordinance adopted by the City Council on June 11, 2025, and signed by the Mayor on June 12, 2025, approving the Correction of Delinquent Taxes and Interest Fees for Tanya Hairston, 40 North 10th Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10552 - (Section 165.61, Block 1078, Lot 5) - (cancellation of delinquent City taxes for Thirty-Four Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars ($34,565.00) and accrued interest in the amount of One Hundred Ninety-Four Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Thirteen Cents ($194,428.13), totaling Two Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Thirteen Cents ($228,993.13)); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
CORRECTION OF DELINQUENT TAXES AND
INTEREST FEES FOR TANYA HAIRSTON,
40 NORTH 10TH AVENUE, MOUNT VERNON, NY 10552
Whereas, in a letter dated June 4, 2025, the Commissioner of the Department of Assessment formally requested authorization for the correction of the erroneous classification of the subject property and the adjustment of the delinquent taxes and interest fees for Tanya Hairston, 40 North 10th Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10552, due to a clerical error in the assessment rolls for the years 2011-2020; and
Whereas, Tanya Hairston is the owner of the premises located at 40 North 10th Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York 10552 (Section 165.61, Block 1078, Lot 5); and
Whereas, due to a clerical error, the subject property was assessed as a commercial property instead of a residential property; and
Whereas, the property was erroneously assigned property class code "418" (Commercial: Inns, Lodging, Boarding House) instead of the correct property class code "220" (Residential: Two-Family Dwelling); and
Whereas, this incorrect property classification resulted in a higher assessed value and, consequently, an incorrect amount of taxes and interest due; and
Whereas, the assessment was based on...
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