Legal Opinion
Burrows v. Board of Assessors
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 29, 1983PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Casey, J.
Subdivision 5 of section 458 of the Real Property Tax Law was applicable to the assessments challenged in these proceedings, and since the different treatment of similarly situated veterans resulting from the classification created by that statute lacks a rational basis and conflicts with the objective of the legislation, Special Term’s judgments ordering an increase in petitioners’ veterans’ exemptions for the tax year under review must be affirmed (116 Misc 2d 133).
Subsequent to the decision in Matter of Hellerstein v Assessor of Town of lslip (37 NY2d 1), which…
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