Opn. No.

Jerome J. Levenberg, Esq. Informal Opinion Village Attorney No. 2002-9 Village of Cedarhurst 200 Cedarhurst Avenue Cedarhurst, N.Y. 11516

Dear Mr. Levenberg:

You have asked whether a village trustee who owns commercial property within the village's Business Improvement District ("BID"), and thus is required to pay an assessment over and above his regular municipal taxes to the BID's treasury based on his proportionate interest in BID property, should recuse himself from the village Board of Trustees' deliberations and voting on future BID annual budgets that will come before the village Board…