Matter of Better World Real Estate Group v. New York City Dept. of Fin.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*29OPINION OF THE COURT
Leventhal, J.
In January 2008, while the petitioner was in the midst of building a new two-family house and garage on its property in Queens, the New York City Department of Finance (hereinafter the DOF) classified the property as a three-family house with one store or office. As a result of this apparently mistaken classification, the petitioner’s property tax bill increased more than $50,000 for the tax year 2008/2009. Although the proper method for challenging an excessive real property tax assessment is ordinarily the commencement of a tax certiorari proceeding pursuant…
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