Gov. Cuomo's executive order addresses property taxes, late fee penalties in Westchester
The executive order permits town supervisors and city mayors to accept a lesser amount of property taxes otherwise due on May 25
News 12 Staff
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Apr 21, 2020, 5:50 PM
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Updated 1,474 days ago
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Briefing Updates:
- County Executive Latimer says the number of active cases has dipped below 10,000. There are 9,852.
- There 809 total deaths in Westchester so far. There were 30 deaths overnight.
- Latimer says the death rates are going down.
- Gov. Cuomo, at Westchester's request, has issued executive order suspending property tax payment deadline until July 15 for those affected negatively by the COVID-19 outbreak.
- Read the executive order
- The executive order permits town supervisors and city mayors to accept a lesser amount of property taxes otherwise due on May 25 and establish criteria for determining whether penalties and interest for late payment are waived based upon a showing of hardship due to COVID-19.
- Latimer: Two golf courses, one in Yorktown and another in Ossining, to reopen.
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