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The mission of the Ulster County Comptrollers Office is to serve as an independent agency of the people and to protect the public interest bymonitoring County government and to assess and report on the degree to which its operation is economical, efficient and its financial conditionsound.

ELLIOTT AUERBACH PHONE: (845) 340-3529

COUNTY COMPTROLLER eaue@co.ulster,ny.us

244 FAIR STREET www.co.ulster.ny.us/resources/comptroller

KINGSTON, NEW YORK 12401

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GOINGGOING (BUT NOT ALL ARE) GONE

149 PARCELS COULD BE AUCTIONED AT COUNTY SALE

KINGSTON, NY (April 15, 2013) Ten (10) more property owners have paid their outstanding tax liensprior to tomorrows Annual Public Auction of County Lands, to be held at SUNY Ulster. The list of

foreclosed properties has now decreased 29%, since our first report released April 1, 2013.

To date, sixty-two (62) parcels have been redeemed, removed or reduced for $1,280,783, thus leaving 149of the original 211 parcels up for auction totaling $2,400,412 in unpaid taxes. The Towns of Saugerties andUlster lead the foreclosed parcels list with 27 and 22 properties, respectively. Since Friday ten (10) parcelshave been redeemed from the foreclosure list including two (2) in the Town of Wawarsing totaling $12,729.However, the redemptions have still kept the Town trailing closely behind the Towns Saugerties and Ulsterwith 18 parcels still in foreclosure.

Also included in the ten (10) redemptions were two (2) parcels in Hurley (totaling $13,730); one (1) parcelin Rosendale ($13,362); one (1) parcel in Shandaken ($2,888); one (1) parcel in Shawangunk ($60,512);and three (3) parcels in Woodstock (totaling $36,341).

Still up for auction are five (5) of the six (6) original parcels that had been deemeduncollectable/hazardous accounts. These parcels are located in the Towns of Plattekill, Saugerties,Shawangunk, and Wawarsing and total $817,620 in unpaid taxes. These properties are renderedunsalable due to the environmental issues associated with them and it is unknown if these properties willever sell. The sixth parcel that was deemed hazardous, located in the Village of Ellenville, with $359,872 inoutstanding taxes, has been removed from the auction list by the Environment Protection Agency due tocontinued remediation of the hazardous site.

This years auction list includes eighteen (18) Towns of the twenty (20) Towns and two (2) of the three (3)Villages located in Ulster County with 141 parcels and 8 parcels respectively, with unpaid taxesoutstanding for three or more years which total $2,400,412, up 4% from 2012.

At the 2012 Auction, seventy (70) properties were sold, auctioned and requisitioned and one (1) propertywas sold in a private sale, leaving $1,073,895 still with unpaid taxes owed to Ulster County. Will the 2013Public Auction of County Lands recapture the $2,400,412 still outstanding?

The following represents the original listing and most recent update as of April 15, 2013:# # #

NEWS FROM THE OFFICE OF

ULSTER COUNTY COMPTROLLER

ELLIOTT AUERBACH

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Town

Original

Parcels

Unpaid

Redeemed

& Removed

Parcels

Unpaid as of

April 15, 2013

Original Tax

Amounts

Unpaid

Redeemed &

Removed

Taxes

Unpaid As of

April 15, 2013 AMEND

Taxes Unpaid

As of

April 15, 2013

Esopus 13 4 9 226,017$ 42,313$ 183,704$ 183,704$

Gardiner 6 2 4 72,594 37,247 35,347 35,347

Hurley 5 4 1 34,722 31,709 3,013 3,013

Kingston 5 0 5 29,559 - 29,559 29,559

Lloyd 5 3 2 103,681 102,610 1,071 1,071

Marbletown 5 2 3 82,997 36,045 46,952 (9,206)$ 37,746

Marlborough 6 2 4 120,883 36,608 84,275 84,275

New Paltz 11 2 9 125,253 25,421 99,832 99,832

Olive 5 2 3 37,159 21,211 15,948 15,948

Plattekill 9 1 8 208,543 10,695 197,848 197,848

Rochester 6 1 5 58,648 7,304 51,344 51,344

Rosendale 8 3 5 65,788 45,615 20,173 (2,270)$ 17,903

Village of Saugerties 1 0 1 7,690 - 7,690 7,690

Saugerties 35 8 27 966,516 108,982 857,534 857,534

Shandaken 12 5 7 136,334 43,603 92,731 92,731

Shawangunk 10 5 5 316,313 182,455 133,858 133,858

Ulster 27 5 22 294,563 54,873 239,690 239,690

*Village of Ellenville 8 1 7 465,177 359,872 105,305 105,305

Wawarsing 26 8 18 254,626 83,285 171,341 171,341

Woodstock 8 4 4 74,132 39,459 34,673 34,673

211 62 149 3,681,195$ 1,269,307$ 2,411,888$ (11,476)$ 2,400,412$

*Parcel has been removed from the auction list in the Village of Ellenville by the EPA due to continued remediation of the hazardous site.

** Total does not include amounts owed on Ellenville's hazardous site.

County of Ulster

Comparison of the 2013 Public Auction

Original Listing and Updated After Redemptions

As of April 15, 2013

Number of Parcels Tax Amounts Unpaid