Albany Port District Commission v. Board of Assessment Review of the Town of East Greenbush

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Travers, J.), entered September 22, 1988 in Rensselaer County, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to RPTL article 7, to, inter alia, declare the assessment of certain parcels of land owned by petitioner in the Town of East Greenbush unlawful.

Petitioner is a public corporation created by an act of the Legislature (L 1925, ch 192) to improve marine transportation within the State. Petitioner owns two parcels of vacant land against which respondents assessed property taxes. The parcels are located outside the geographic…