Markham v. Comstock

—Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs and judgment granted in accordance with the following Memorandum: Petitioners, residents of North Carolina, commenced this proceeding pursuant to RPTL article 7 to challenge the increase in the assessed value of their summer residence on Keuka Lake for the 1999-2000 tax year. The first cause of action alleges that the assessment is excessive; *972the second cause of action alleges that respondents acted in bad faith in increasing the assessed value of their property; and the third cause of action alleges that the school…