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What is NYC AC § 11-214?

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This section outlines the procedure for the apportionment of assessments by the commissioner of finance. The commissioner may cancel existing assessments and create new ones, providing written notice to property owners. Applies to property owners receiving assessment notifications from the Department of Finance.

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§ 11-214 Procedure on apportionment of assessment.

AC § 11-214

a. The commissioner of finance may apportion any assessment in such manner as he or she shall deem just and equitable, and forthwith cause such assessment to be cancelled and new assessments, equal in the aggregate to the cancelled assessment, to be made on the proper books and rolls. Within five days thereafter the commissioner of finance shall cause written notice of the new assessments to be mailed to the owners of record of the real estate so assessed at their last known residence or business address, and an affidavit of the mailing of such notice to be filed in the main office of the department of finance. b. When such notice is mailed after the first day of February such owners may apply for correction of such assessments within twenty days after the mailing of such notice with the same force and effect as if such application were made on or before the first day of March in such year.

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