Opn. No.

HON. NORMAN KELLAR Town Attorney, New Paltz

We acknowledge receipt of your letter in which you state that in your town there is the office of appointed assessor, the incumbent of which has a term which will soon expire. You also state that the assessor has requested the town board that he be granted a 90 day leave of absence and that the town board create the office of acting assessor under the authority of Real Property Tax Law § 1522, subdivision 5, so that the work of the office may be continued during the assessor's leave of absence. You inquire whether the town board may grant the…