| Matter of Silo Ridge Ventures Prop. A, LLC v Town of Amenia |
| 2024 NY Slip Op 01185 |
| Decided on March 6, 2024 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. |
Decided on March 6, 2024 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
ROBERT J. MILLER
PAUL WOOTEN
DEBORAH A. DOWLING, JJ.
2022-02822
(Index No. 51784/20)
v
Town of Amenia, etc., et al., respondents, et al., intervenor-respondent.
Herman Katz Cangemi Wilkes & Clyne, LLP, Tarrytown, NY (David C. Wilkes and Nicholas J. Connolly of counsel), for appellant.
Cappillino Rothschild & Egan LLP, Pawling, NY (Shane J. Egan of counsel), for respondents.
DECISION & ORDER
In a proceeding pursuant to Real Property Tax Law article 7 to review real property tax assessments for 16 parcels for the 2020 tax year, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (James V. Brands, J.), dated March 7, 2022. The judgment, upon an order of the same court dated January 5, 2022, granting the motion of the respondents, Town of Amenia, its Assessor, and its Board of Assessment Review, for summary judgment dismissing the petition, is in favor of the respondents and against the petitioner determining that the assessed values of the subject parcels shall remain at the 2019 assessed values pursuant to Real Property Tax Law § 727 and dismissing the proceeding.
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, the petition is reinstated, the motion of the respondents, Town of Amenia, its Assessor, and its Board of Assessment Review, for summary judgment dismissing the petition is denied, the order dated January 5, 2022, is modified accordingly, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Dutchess County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
The petitioner commenced this proceeding pursuant to Real Property Tax Law article 7 to review real property tax assessments for 16 parcels for the 2020 tax year by the respondents, Town of Amenia, its Assessor, and its Board of Assessment Review (hereinafter collectively the Town). The Town moved for summary judgment dismissing the petition. By order dated January 5, 2022, the Supreme Court granted the motion. By judgment dated March 7, 2022, the court dismissed the proceeding. The petitioner appeals.
For the reasons stated in Matter of Silo Ridge LL29, LLC v Town of Amenia (_____ AD3d _____ [Appellate Division Docket No. 2022-02818; decided herewith]), the Supreme Court should have denied the Town's motion for summary judgment dismissing the petition.
DILLON, J.P., MILLER, WOOTEN and DOWLING, JJ., concur.
ENTER:Darrell M. Joseph
Acting Clerk of the Court