Matter of Rozz v. Nassau County Dept. of Assessment

In a hybrid proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the respondent/defendant to comply with Real Property Tax Law § 556 and the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law art 6), and action for declaratory relief, the petitioner/plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Sher, J.), entered September 16, 2011, as denied his motion pursuant to CPLR 3215 for leave to enter a judgment against the respondent/defendant upon its alleged failure to appear or answer the…