Overview
- The plaintiffs filed a state lawsuit Friday seeking an emergency order to remove the Department of Finance’s provisional property roll and pause the surcharge rollout while the court reviews the notices.
- The city published a provisional assessment roll of roughly 900,000 records and mailed about 17,000 preliminary notices in late July, a release that owners and lawmakers say caused confusion and exposed names and addresses.
- Following public backlash, Mayor Mamdani’s administration extended the exemption and appeal deadline to Sept. 18 and hired extra staff and opened a portal to process claims and questions.
- New York State’s Department of Taxation and Finance said it will use the city data to search for possible residency fraud, raising the prospect of state audits for owners flagged by the roll.
- Expert analysis filed with the lawsuit, including a report by former DOF commissioner Martha Stark, argues the roll greatly overstates taxable properties and warns final liable counts and revenue are likely much lower than the city’s headline estimate.