SHEEHAN v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK


67 N.Y.2d 52 (1986)

Donald Sheehan et al., Appellants, v. County of Suffolk, Respondent. Wallace MacKechnie et al., Appellants, v. County of Sullivan et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin Popkin and David N. Brainin for appellants in the first above-entitled action.

Martin Bradley Ashare, County Attorney (John C. Bivona of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Edward J. Meyer for appellants in the second above-entitled action.

James G. Sweeney, County Attorney, for County of Orange, respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Michael S. Buskus, Robert Hermann and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for State of New York, respondent in the second above-entitled action and in his statutory capacity under Executive Law § 71 in both the first and second above-entitled actions.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER and HANCOCK, JR., concur.


TITONE, J.

The question presented is whether a real property tax scheme which requires notice to a taxpayer of taxes due, notice of delinquent taxes, notice of a tax lien sale, a tax sale without competitive bidding, a redemption period and notice of the impending expiration of the redemption period before the resale of the property at public auction and retention of any surplus by the county, deprives a taxpayer...

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