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Decided on July 22, 2004
Supreme Court, Westchester County

17175/97
Peter G. Bergmann, Esq. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP Attorneys for Petitioner 100 Maiden Lane New York, N.Y. 10038 John E. Watkins, Jr., Esq.
Attorney for Petitioner 175 Main Street White Plains, N.Y. 10601 Robert A. Weiner, Esq. McDermott, Will & Emery Attorneys for Respondents 50 Rockefeller Plaza New York, N.Y. 10020-1605 Kevin Plunkett, Esq. Corporation Counsel City of Rye Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP 50 Main Street, 5th Floor White Plains, N.Y. 10606 Thomas Dickerson, J.
In these proceedings, the Petitioner, The Miriam Osborn Memorial Home Association [ " the Osborn " ], " a not-for-profit organization which, for the past 90 years, has provided housing for
the elderly in a facility situated on land located in the city of Rye "[FN1] seeks restoration of a " full mandatory exemption from real property taxes...pursuant to RPTL 420-a(1)(a) "[FN2] which it enjoyed from 1908 to 1996 when its exemption was revoked. The Respondents, The Assessor of the City of Rye, the Board of Assessment Review of the City of Rye and the City of Rye, later restored
20.8% of the Osborn's exemption prior to the commencement of these proceedings [FN3].
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