Juman v. Keough

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Reynolds Fitzgerald, J.), entered August 15, 2012 in Broome County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Finance Committee of the Broome County Legislature denying petitioner’s request for a hardship sell-back of certain real property.

Petitioner, a resident of Florida, failed to pay property taxes in 2009 and 2010 on unoccupied real property that he owned in Broome County. Respondent commenced an in rem proceeding to foreclose the delinquent tax liens (see RPTL art…