SARATOGA RACING v. WILLIAMS


91 N.Y.2d 639 (1998)

697 N.E.2d 164

674 N.Y.S.2d 263

In the Matter of Saratoga Harness Racing, Inc., Appellant, v. Joseph Williams, as Assessor of the City of Saratoga Springs, et al., Respondents. (And Another Related Proceeding.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City (Evan A. Davis of counsel), and Fernandez & Burstein, P. C., for appellant.

Bond, Schoeneck & King, L. L. P., Albany (Carl Rosenbloom and Patrick L. Seely, Jr., of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges TITONE, SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK and WESLEY concur.


BELLACOSA, J.

This tax certiorari case involves the real property assessment of the Saratoga Harness Track in the City of Saratoga Springs. The principal question is whether the comparable lease income method of valuation utilized by the taxpayer's expert is an impermissible method of valuation for owner-occupied property, as the Appellate Division found. In conjunction with the consideration of that issue, the...

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