Legal Opinion

Astoria Gas Turbine Power, LLC v. Tax Commission

New York Court of Appeals

Decided October 17, 2006PublishedCited by 17 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Rosenblatt, J.

Pursuant to article 18 of the Real Property Tax Law, real property located in a special assessing unit is classified in a way that affects the owner’s tax liability. Astoria Gas Turbine Power, LLC (AGTP) brought this RPTL article 7 proceeding challenging the classification of its power plant equipment as “utility real property” falling within class three of RPTL 1802 (1). AGTP contends that the equipment should be treated as class-four, general commercial real property. Equipment is properly designated class-three property if it belongs to “persons and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

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