New York Telephone Co. v. Board of Trustees

In this tax certiorari proceeding, the petitioner moves for an order pursuant to CPLR 408 to take the deposition on oral questions of the Assessor of .the Village of Lynbrook. The respondents cross-move to examine the petitioner concerning the method employed by it in valuing its property which valuations are furnished respondents as true and correct and upon which the respondents have relied.

The tax years involved were 1971/72 and 1972/73.

This proceeding is unlike most assessment review proceedings in that it involves assessments which were increased by the respondent village after the close…