Kese Industries v. Roslyn Torah Foundation

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Lippman.

This appeal requires us to interpret whether the term “legal representative,” which ordinarily denotes the executor or administrator of an estate, may encompass a party’s retained legal counsel in a pending action. This question comes to us in the context of Nassau County Administrative Code § 5-51.0, which sets out the duty of a tax lien purchaser to provide notice that a tax deed will be issued unless the right to redeem the lien is exercised. We conclude that the mortgagee’s attorney in a pending foreclosure action concerning the same property is not…