New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 8 - Executive Orders (Andrew M. Cuomo) › Section 8.194 - Executive Order No. 194: Extending, Due to a Winter Storm Event, the Period for Paying Property Taxes in Certain Municipalities

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, on January 19, 2019, and continuing thereafter, a
					 winter storm event disrupted public transportation and utility service, and
					 threatened public health and safety systems throughout the State;
WHEREAS, on January 19, 2019, I issued Executive Order
					 Number 193 declaring a State disaster emergency in all counties throughout the
					 State;
WHEREAS, property taxes for the 2019 tax year for many
					 local governments were due during or soon after this winter storm event
					 ("Applicable Property Tax Due Date");
WHEREAS, this winter storm event hampered travel, including
					 postal operations, in many parts of the State and, therefore, made the payment
					 of these property taxes by the Applicable Property Tax Due Date exceedingly
					 difficult;
WHEREAS, Section 925-a  of the Real Property Tax Law
					 authorizes the Governor to retroactively extend the period for paying such
					 taxes without interest or penalty upon request of the chief executive officer
					 of an affected county, city, town, village or school district during a State
					 disaster emergency by up to twenty-one days from the final date such taxes are
					 due;
WHEREAS, a request for such an extension has been received
					 by the Governor's office on behalf of the following Counties: Cayuga,
					 Chautauqua, Jefferson, and St Lawrence; and the following towns within the
					 following Counties:
Albany County
- the Town of Berne;
Allegany County
- the Towns of Ward and Willing;
Broome
					 County
- the Towns of Union and Vestal;
Cattaraugus
					 County
- the Town of Ellicottville;
Cayuga County
- the
					 Town of Mentz;
Chautauqua County
- the Towns of Sinclairville
					 and Poland;
Chenango County
- the Town of Coventry;
Clinton County
- the Town of Ellenburg;
Columbia
					 County
- the Town of Livingston;
Delaware County
- the
					 Town of Hancock;
Erie County
- the Towns of North Collins and
					 West Seneca;
Franklin County
- the Towns of Bellmont, Duane,
					 and Tupper Lake;
Fulton County
-the Town of Oppenheim;
Genesee County
- the Town of Darien;
Greene
					 County
-the Towns of Catskill and New Baltimore;
Hamilton
					 County
- the Town of Benson;
Herkimer County
- the Town
					 of Danube;
Jefferson County
- the Towns of Cape Vincent,
					 Clayton, Henderson, Leray, Lyme, Orleans, Pamelia, Philadelphia, Watertown, and
					 Wilna;
Lawrence County
- the Town of Colton;
Lewis
					 County
- the Town of Lyonsdale;
Livingston County
- the
					 Towns of Lima and Livonia;
Madison County
- the Town of Nelson;
Nassau County
- the Town of Hempstead;
Niagara
					 County
- the Towns of Hartland, Niagara, and Pendleton;
Oneida
					 County
- the Towns of Forestport and Paris;
Onondaga
					 County
- the Towns of Elbridge and Geddes;
Orange
					 County
- the Town of Crawford;
Orleans County
- the
					 Towns of Barre and Murray;
Oswego County
- the Towns of Orwell
					 and Schroeppel;
Otsego County
- the Town of Otsego;
Rensselaer County
- the Towns of East Greenbush, Petersburgh,
					 and Sand Lake;
Rockland County
- the Town of Ramapo;
Saint Lawrence County
- the Towns of Dekalb, Piercefield, and
					 Rossie;
Schoharie County
- the Towns of Carlisle, Cobleskill,
					 and Jefferson;
Steuben County
- the Towns of Hartsville and
					 Hornellsville;
Tompkins County
- the Town of Ulysses;
Ulster County
- the Town of New Paltz;
Westchester
					 County
- the Towns of Cortlandt, Greenburgh, North Castle, Rye, and
					 Yorktown; and
Wyoming County
- the Towns of Arcade and
					 Covington; and
WHEREAS, given the difficulties that confronted residents
					 in the aforementioned localities, I find that such an extension is
					 warranted.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW M. CUOMO, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 925-a  of the
					 Real Property Tax Law, do hereby retroactively extend the period for paying
					 without interest or penalty the property taxes that are due on or about the
					 Applicable Property Tax Due Date in in the aforementioned counties and towns
					 for twenty-one days from the final date such taxes are due.
FURTHER, this Executive Order may be revised and amended to
					 extend the period for paying property taxes for additional local governments
					 adversely affected by the winter storm event.
Signed: Andrew M. Cuomo
Dated: February 14, 2019