County of Orange v. Nozkowski

The real property in question is located on Sugar Loaf Mountain Road, Chester, New York, and has been the residence of the respondents and their family for over 33 years. In 1981 the real property taxes levied on the property were unpaid. The tax sale of the respondents’ property was scheduled for March 18, 1981, and on that date the petitioner, the County of Orange, "bid in” the property. By the provisions of RPTL 1022, a 36-month period then commenced within which the property could have been redeemed from that tax sale by the respondents. The last date to redeem under the statute was March…