Hellerstein v. Assessor of Islip

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1975-06-05

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Jones, J. (dissenting). I think the order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. While the long-standing practice of fractional assessments for real property taxation cannot be said to violate the constitutional mandate that "[assessments shall in no case exceed full value” (NY Const, art XVI, § 2), there can be no blinking the fact that fractional assessment cannot be squared with the literal command of sec…

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