O'Hara v. Board of Supervisors

Petitioners, John E. O’Hara and Shirley O’Hara, petition this court for an order pursuant to section 556 of the Real Property Tax Law compelling the Suffolk County Board of Supervisors to refund certain taxes paid by them under allegedly erroneous and illegal assessments.

The petitioner, John E. O’Hara, owns certain improved property at 15 Saddle Lane, Town of Huntington, where he resides, which property is assessed at $2,850 and upon which he has a veterans’ exemption in the sum of $1,850. The issue here presented concerns the alleged tax for the maintenance and support of the Police…