2024-1072024-107
Resolution Authorizing Settlement Of Tax Certiorari Proceeding In The Matter Of The
Application Of HUDWEN, LLC
At a Regular Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County,
New York, held at Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York, on April 22,
2024.
The meeting was called to order by Joseph D. Cavaccini, Town Supervisor, and upon roll
being called, the following was recorded:
✓ Vote Record - Resolution RES -2024-107
Yes/Aye
No/Nay
Abstain
Absent
2 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
Joseph D. Cavaccini
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Defeated
William H. Beale
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Tabled
Angela Bettina
Voter
❑
❑
❑
Q
❑ Withdrawn
Christopher Phillips
Seconder
Q
❑
❑
❑
Al Casella
Mover
Q
❑
❑
❑
The following Resolution was introduced by Casella and seconded by Councilman
Phillips.
WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger is a parry respondent in a certain tax certiorari proceeding
entitled Hudwen, LLC v. The Town of Wappinger, New York and its Assessor and Board of
Assessment Review, currently pending in the Supreme Court, State of New York, County of
Dutchess, in which the total assessed valuation of certain real property located in the Town of
Wappinger, New York and designated as Tax Map No. 6158-19-517247-0000 on the official
assessment map of the Town of Wappinger for the 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 Assessment Roll
are being contested; and
WHEREAS, the Assessor of the Town of Wappinger and the petitioner have agreed to settle the
proceeding; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger's 2020, 2021, and 2022 assessed valuation shall remain
unchanged; and
WHEREAS, the parties agree to reduce the assessed valuation of $1,528,000 to $1,428,000 for
the 2023 final assessment; and
WHEREAS, the Petitioner has agreed to waive any and all refunds from the Town and Special
Districts for the reduction of the 2023 Assessments; and
WHEREAS, the assessed valuation of $1,428,000 shall also be the respective final assessments
on the Town of Wappinger's 2024, 2025, and 2026 assessment rolls; and
WHEREAS, the Town Assessor and Town Counsel have recommended that the Town Board
accept the settlement proposal as set forth above.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
1. The Town Board hereby approves and ratifies the settlement of the above-described
proceeding as recommended by the Town Assessor.
2. The Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Supervisor, the Town Attorney, and/or the
Town Assessor to execute any and all documents necessary to give effect to this resolution
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Al Casella, Councilman
SECONDER: Christopher Phillips, Councilman
AYES: Joseph D. Cavaccini, William H. Beale, Christopher Phillips, Al Casella
ABSENT: Angela Bettina
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
4/22/2024
The Resolution is hereby duly., declared Adopted.
JOSEPH,/1P. PAOLONI, TOWN CLERK
STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME COURT : COUNTY OF DIJTCHESS
In the Matter of the Application of
HIJDWEN, LLC,
Petitioner,
THE TOWN OF WAPPINGER, NEW YORK
AND ITS ASSESSOR AND BOARD OF
ASSESSMENT REVIEW,
Re.spondents.
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ORDER OF
SETTLEMENT
Index Nos,
2020-52005
2021-52885
202,2-52202
2023-5255,4
Hon. James Brands, J.S.C.
WHEREAS, Petitioner FludWen, LLC ("Petitioner"), by and through its attorneys,
Barclay Damon LLP (Mark R. McNamara, Esq. and Daniel R. Coleman, Esq., of Counsel),
commenced tax assessment proceedings under Real Property Tax Law ("RPTL") Article 7 for the
tax year 2020-21 bearing index number 2020-52005, tax year 2021-22 bearing index number 2021-
52885,
021-
52885, 2022-23 tax year bearing index number 2022-52005, and tax year 2023-24 bearing index
number 2023-52554 (collectively, the "Proceedings") against Respondents the Town of
Wappinger, New York, its Assessor ("Assessor") and Board of Assessment Review (collectively,
the "Town"), which, by and through their attorneys, Hogan, Rossi & Liguori (Jarnie Spillane, Esq.
and Brendan Liberati, Esq.) duly appeared in the Proceedings; and
WHEREAS, the County of Dutchess ("County"), Wappingers Central School District
("School District"), and Village of Wappingers Falls ("Village") did not intenene or otherwise
appear in the Proceedings; and
WHEREAS, Petitioner and the Town are collectively referred to as the "Parties"; and
WHEREAS, the real property at issue in the Proceedings is situated in the Town and
described on the 'rown,s 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 assessment tolls for the tax years 2020-21,
2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 as:
Address SBL No.
1601 Route 9 6158-19-517247-0000
(the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Parties have engaged in, settlement discussions and have agreed to fully
resolve their differences upon the terms of this Stipulation and Order of Settlement ("Stipulation
and Order") without further litigation; and
WHEREAS, the Parties have authorized their attorneys to enter into this Stipulation and
Order; and
WHEREAS, the Stipulation and Order is in the best interests of the Parties; now,
UPON reading and filing of the Stipulation and Order; it is hereby:
STIPULATED AND ORDERED that the Proceedings shall be discontinued, with
prejudice, upon full compliance with the terms of this Stipulation and Order. In the event that the
2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 assessed valuations of the Property are not set as provided in this
Stipulation and Order, the Proceedings shall be immediately restored to the trial calendar; and it is
STIPULATED AND ORDERED that the assessed valuation of the Property on the
Town's 2023 final assessment and tax rolls shall be reduced from $1,528,800 to $1,428,800; and
it is further
STIPULATED AND ORDERED that the provisions of RPTL 727 shall apply to the terms
of this Stipulation and Order such that the Property's reduced 2023 final assessment set forth in
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this Stipulation and Order shall also be the respective final assessments for these properties on the
'rown's 2024, 2025 and 2026 assessment rolls; and it is further
STIPULATED AND ORDERED that the officer or officers having custody of the
Town's final assessment and tax rolls upon which the property taxes for the Property are levied
are hereby directed to correct the 2023 final assessment roll and set the 2024 through 2026 final
assessment rolls so that each is in conformity with this Stipulation and Order; and it is further
STIPULATED AND ORDERE"1) that the Property's assessment on the Town's final
,assessment and tax rolls for the tax years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 shall remain unchanged;
and it is further
STIPULATED AND ORDERE D that the Petitioner waives any refunds from the Town,
including, without limitation any Special Districts and Ad Valorem Assessments on the Town
levy, based on the reduction of the assessment on the 2023 tax roll; and it is further
STIP13LATED AND ORDERED that, upon the Town's correction of the 2023 final
assessment and tax rolls to reflect the reduced assessed valuation set forth above, the officer or
officers charged with generating and issuing County tax bills for the 2023-24 tax year shall issue
to Petitioner corrected real property tax bills for the 2023-24 tax year using the reduced assessed
valuation for the Property set forth in this Stipulation and Order and Petitioner shall pay said
corrected tax bills in lieu of any County real property tax bills previously issued for 2023-24 tax
year with respect to the Property; and it is further
STIPULATED AND ORDERED that, upon the Town's correction of the 2023 final
assessment and tax rolls to reflect the reduced assessed valuation set forth above, the officer or
officers charged with generating and issuing the School District tax bills for the 2023-24 tax year
shall issue to Petitioner corrected real property tax bills for the 2023-24 tax year using the reduced
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assessed valuation for the Property set forth in this Stipulation and Order, and Petitioner shall pay
said corrected tax bills in lieu of any School District real property tax bills previously issued for
2023-24 tax year with respect to the Property; and it is further
STIPULATED AND ORDERED that, upon the Town's correction of the 2023 final
assessment and tax tolls to reflect the reduced assessed valuation set forth above, the officer or
officers charged with generating and issuing the Village tax bills for the 2023-24 tax year shall
issue to Petitioner corrected real property tax bills for the 2023-24 tax year using the reduced
assessed valuation for the Property set forth in this Stipulation and Order and Petitioner shall pay
said corrected tax bills in lieu of any Village real property tax bills previously issued for 2023-24
tax year with respect to the Property; and it is further
STIPULATED AND ORDERED that, in the event Petitioner has paid a County, School
District or Village tax bill for the 2023-24 tax year based on the prior, unreduced assessed valuation
of $1,528,800, Petitioner shall be issued refunds for said tax bills based on the reduced assessed
valuation of the Property set forth in this Stipulation and Order, as indicated above, the Petitioner
waives any and all refunds frorn the Town including, without limitation Special District and Ad
Valorem assessments, based on the reduction to the 2023 roll ; and it is further
STIPULATED AND ORDERED that the Parties represent that the individuals executing
this Stipulation and. Order have been fully authorized by their respective clients to enter into this
Stipulation and Order with the intent of binding the Parties and all taxing jurisdictions to the terms
of this Stipulation and Order; and it is further
STIPULATED AND ORDERED that an executed copy of this Stipulation and Order,
with Notice of Entry, shall be entered and docketed in the County Clerk's, Office and filed among
the Assessor's permanent records; and it is further
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STIPULATED AND ORDERED that this Stipulation and Order may be signed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken
together shall constitute the same Stipulation and Order. Any signed copy of this Stipulation and
Order made by photocopy or facsimile shall be considered an original.
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AtIorneys,for Petitioner
The Avant Building — Suite 1200
200 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14202
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Jamie Spillane
Brendan Liberati
Hogan, Rossi & Liguori
Attorneys, for Respondents Town of
Wappinger, its Assessor and Board of
Assessnient Review
3 Staff Ridge Road
Suite 200
Brewste�r, New York 10509
Hon. James Brands,.I.S.C.