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Title

New York State Task Force on Equalizing Educational Opportunity consultant contract and administration files

Series Number

13526

Summary

The Task Force on Equalizing Educational Opportunity was the direct result of a U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring unconstitutional New York's then-current system of school finance. The task force was directed to examine the educational and financial issues arising for city school districts from various litigation. The series consists primarily of materials relating to contracts with, and/or reports of, various consultants engaged by the task force to gather and analyze data on then-current and alternative school aid formulas.

Creator

• New York (State). Task Force on Equalizing Educational Opportunity

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Title

Comptroller's accounts with county treasurers for taxes due the state

Series Number

A1315

Summary

This series consists of accounts for taxes due the state from county treasurers. Information includes taxes due the state, with notes of total valuations of real and personal estate and balances; cash payments by county treasurers; fees of collectors and county treasurers; arrears for non-resident taxes by towns; and taxes on corporations brought forward from another book. Also included is an index to counties.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

Accounts of town assessors and commissioners of taxes

Series Number

A0976

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of accounts submitted by the assessors from eleven counties to Commissioners of Taxes. Information includes assessors name; number of days spent assessing lands, preparing lists of assessments, hearing appeals, equalizing the assessments, and preparing the final rolls. Also included are affidavits stating that the work was "actually and diligently" performed; transmittal letters; certifications of elected assessors and collectors of taxes, and abstracts of assessors' accounts.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

County Commissioners accounts relating to interest on the U.S. Deposit Fund

Series Number

A1287

Summary

This series consists of annual accounts of total amount of interest due and paid to the Comptroller from principal held by County Commissioners of the U.S. Deposit Fund. Each account includes the names of the commissioners, date of balance, amounts of debits and credits, and any balance due (usually because of delinquent mortgagors).

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

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Title

Ledgers of accounts with county treasurers

Series Number

B0850

Summary

This series consists of ledgers containing entries of debits and credits for payments by and to county treasurers by and to the Comptroller. Most entries concern the state tax on real and personal property and the state's payment of taxes on lands to be sold for unpaid taxes.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

Affidavits of publication of county treasurers' notices of tax sales

Series Number

B0932

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

Ledger of accounts of property acquired through foreclosure

Series Number

A1286

Summary

This series consists of ledgers of accounts for property acquired by county commissioners of the U.S. Deposit Fund through foreclosure of mortgage and sale of premises. Each account gives name of delinquent mortgagor; county of residence; amount due in principal, interest, and costs; amount of bid by the commissioners; and any deficiency.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

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Title

Published notices of lands sold for unpaid taxes and unredeemed

Series Number

B0846

Summary

This series consists of notices listing lands sold by the state comptroller for unpaid taxes and still unredeemed. Each notice lists parcels by location; by patent, tract, township etc.; then by lot number or street address. Notices also state the acreage, the quantity of land sold and unredeemed, and the amount required to redeem the parcel from tax sale. Names of owners and purchasers are not included.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

County summaries of tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A1210

Summary

This series from the Land Tax Bureau consists of summaries of county assessment rolls compiled to determine the number of days per year town residents should work on bridges and roads. Each summary sheet lists name of town; number of residents and non-residents being assessed; the number of days on duty for residents and non-residents; the total number of days; the total amount at 5 shillings a day; the amount of debt against the town; and remarks.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

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Title

Industrial property appraisal files

Series Number

15085

Summary

The Industrial Cost and Appraisal Unit makes cost appraisals of complex industrial/utility properties for market value survey and advisory purposes. The market values generated are transferred to the Property Valuation Bureau for use in developing equalization rates, and to municipalities for tax roll purposes. These records consist of equalization appraisals of taxable real property owned by corporations submitted to the Division of Equalization and Assessment to regulate tax assessment and assist local governments in administering the real property tax.

Creator

• New York (State). Industrial and Utility Valuation Bureau

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Title

Accounts of property transfer taxes

Series Number

B0973

Summary

This series consists of a summary record of property transfer taxes paid to the State Comptroller. Information includes the date of receipt; receipt number; decedent; name of person paying tax; payer's address; amount paid; amount of gifts, legacies, etc.; and remarks. There are no indexes to names of decedents.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

Brookhaven tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A3348

Summary

Records include real property tax assessment rolls exclusively.

Creator

• Brookhaven (N.Y. : Town)

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Title

Copies of deeds for state lands

Series Number

A1299

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of copies of deeds for parcels of state land (almost all within the Adirondack Forest Preserve) to various individuals and firms. Each entry contains a note of legal authorization for sale for Forest Preserve lands and a copy of the deed as certified.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

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Title

New York State Comptroller's Office Land Tax Bureau register of buyers of state lands

Series Number

A1335

Summary

This volume is divided into three sections. The first is arranged geographically giving purchaser's name, date of purchase, lot, and account book number and page. The second section begins on page 370 and is arranged by book number of the account books of bonds and mortgages for sales of state lands. Information includes lot number, book number, purchaser's name, and the relevant page. The third section begins on page 425 and lists bonds delivered to the Surveyor General. It is arranged geographically and gives information on lot, purchaser, book number and page, and purchase amount and payment.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

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Title

Certificates of searches of judgment dockets and mortgage records

Series Number

A0971

Summary

This series consists of certificates listing judgments or mortgages in force against individuals, with affidavit of clerk of court, submitted to the Comptroller. A state law required the Comptroller to obtain certificates from the mortgagors that the mortgaged premises were free of all other encumbrances. The series is fragmentary.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

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Title

Lists of non-resident lands with unpaid taxes

Series Number

B0934

Summary

This series consists of lists of lands on which taxes were owed by non-residents of the taxing unit, with accompanying letters to the Comptroller. The correspondents include prominent land speculators such as Robert S. Bowne, George Scriba, Gerrit Smith, Edward Suffern, and others.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

Drafts of laws on assessment and collection of taxes

Series Number

A1040

Summary

This series contains rough drafts of laws on assessment and collection of taxes presumably made for the Revised Statutes published in 1829.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

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Title

Utility property appraisal files

Series Number

15174

Summary

The bulk of this series is made up of worksheets and forms from the division's Industrial Appraisal Section containing specific building inventory information, including location, building dimensions, conditions, modification dates, building name and appraisal date. Also included are correspondence, surveys, and inventories for taxable property owned by utility companies (water, gas, telephone, radio, etc.).

Creator

• New York (State). Industrial and Utility Valuation Bureau

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Geographical registers of comptroller's tax deeds

Series Number

A1071

Summary

These registers from the Comptroller's Office provides geographic access to conveyances of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes. Information includes town name or ward number; lot number; tax year; description of parcel conveyed; acreage; payment date; payor; tax paid; total taxes; interest due; cost of sale; sale price; portion of parcel sold; acres sold; purchaser; date of redemption or conveyance; redeemer or grantee and redemption amount. There were no tax sales for non-Forest Preserve counties after 1893.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

Reports of audits by mortgage tax examiners

Series Number

B1603

Summary

The series consists primarily of copies of original reports to the State Tax Commission, produced by mortgage tax examiners, recommending rebates of the mortgage tax or other actions arising from their audits of county mortgage tax records. The examinations pertain to collection of the mortgage tax (taxable instruments); apportionment and distribution of the tax; recording and checking the tax; and accounting for and auditing the tax.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. Mortgage and Land Tax Section

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