N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 5.84
WHEREAS, beginning on June 25, 1998, a series of severe thunderstorms brought torrential rains and flash floods, deluging several counties in New York State and causing emergency evacuations, damage to residential and commercial properties, as well as the disruption of vital transportation within the Counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Wyoming and contiguous areas;
WHEREAS, this event resulted in personal hardship and damage to residential and commercial property, and it continues to pose a threat to the public health and safety;
WHEREAS, by Executive Order Number 82, I declared a disaster emergency in the affected counties, and directed State agencies to respond as necessary to assist those affected counties in restoring vital public transportation systems and to provide such other assistance as necessary to protect the public health and safety;
WHEREAS, village property taxes for the 1998 fiscal year are currently due in the Village of Arcade, County of Wyoming;
WHEREAS, by virtue of section 1432(1) of the Real Property Tax Law, such taxes would normally be payable without interest only through July 1, 1998;
WHEREAS, such taxes would normally be subject to interest if paid after that date;
WHEREAS, section 925-a(2) of the Real Property Tax Law, as added by chapter 389 of the Laws of 1997, authorizes the Governor to issue an executive order during a State disaster emergency, extending the period for paying real property taxes without interest by up to seven days in a county, city, town, village or school district in the affected area, if the chief executive officer of the county, city, town, village, or school district requests such an extension;
WHEREAS, a request for such an extension has been received on behalf of the Village of Arcade; and
WHEREAS, given the hardships continuing to face the people of the Village of Arcade as a result of the ice storm, such an extension is warranted;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor of the State of New York, pursuant to section 925-a(2) of the Real Property Tax Law, do hereby retroactively extend by seven days, the period for paying real property taxes without interest that are currently due in the Village of Arcade as of July 1, 1998, so that such taxes shall be payable without interest through July 8, 1998.
FURTHER, by virtue of the same section 925-a(2) of the Real Property Tax Law, any taxes not paid by such date shall be subject to the same penalties and interest that would have applied if no such extension had been granted.
Signed: George E. Pataki
Dated: July 7, 1998
Footnotes
* [Revoked by Executive Order No. 5 (Eliot Spitzer), infra.] [Revoked by Executive Order No. 9 (David A. Paterson), infra.] [Revoked by Executive Order No. 2 (Andrew M. Cuomo), infra.]
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 5.84