Tax District Claims Against Fire Insurance Proceeds.

April 23, 1990 SUBJECT: INSURANCE Circular Letter No. 4 (1990) WITHDRAWN TO: ALL INSURERS LICENSED TO WRITE FIRE INSURANCE IN NEW YORK STATE RE: TAX DISTRICT CLAIMS AGAINST FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS The purpose. of this Circular Letter, which supplements all previous Circular Letters concerning the listing of tax districts, is to provide an updated index of tax districts that have filed with this Department notice of intention to claim against fire insurance proceeds in accordance with Section 331 of the Insurance Law. The last complete listing was sent to all fire insurers by Circular Letter No. 14 (1982). Attached is the new index Of tax districts, which represents the current listing that, therefore supersedes the aforementioned 1982 listing. All insurers are reminded of their obligations under Section 331. In particular, upon a final determination of an insurer's obligation to. pay any insurance proceeds for damages caused by fire to real property, each insurer should: 1. notify the enforcing officer, of each tax district in which the property is located and which is listed in the index, that a loss has occurred; and 2. demand a certification from such enforcing officers regarding all tax district liens on the properties in question. Any inquiries on this subject", or concerning additional tax districts that file with this Department subsequent to the date of this Circular Letter, should be addressed to: Louis Simonetti - Senior Examiner Property & Casualty Insurance Bureau New York State Insurance Department 160 West Broadway New York, New York 10013-3393 (212) 602-0367 Very truly yours, [SIGNATURE] WENDY E. COOPER Acting Superintendent of Insurance TAX DISTRICTS FILING NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CLAIM AGAINST FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS AND OFFICES TO BE CONTACTED: County of Albany County of Chautaugua Cathy A. Brower William H. Morrill Director of Finance Director, Division of Taxation County of Albany Gerace Office Building Albany Court House Mayville, New York 14757 Albany, New York 12207 (716) 753-4221 (518) 445-7689 City of Amsterdam County of Erie County of Montgomery Agnes C. Rodd Gerald W. Nolan City Comptroller Commissioner of Finance 61 Church Street Erie County Amsterdam, NY 12010 95 Franklin Street Buffalo, New York 14202 (716) 858-8322 City of Buffalo Village of Fleischmanns Mark Gannon Rose Green Director of Mayor's Task Village Clerk and Treasurer Force on Housing Library Building Room 304 Fleischmanns, New York 12430 City Hall (914) 254-5514 65 Niagara Square Buffalo, NY 14202 (716) 851-4636 County of Suffolk City of Troy Jean H. Tuthill Barbara J. Yacevich Suffolk County Treasurer City Treasurer County Treasurer's Office City Hall County Center One Monument Square Riverhead, NY 11901 Troy, NY 12180 (516) 548-3700 (518) 270-4407 General L. Rains County of Ulster Chief Deputy Lewis C. Kirschner County & Treasurer Ulster County Treasurer County Treasurer's Office Ulster County Office Building County Center 240 Fair Street Riverhead, NY 11901 P.O. Box 1800 (516) 548-3702 Kingston, NY 12401 (914) 331-9300 County of Sullivan City of Utica Daniel L. Briggs Louis A. Barile County Treasurer City Treasurer Sullivan County Office of the City Treasurer Treasurer Office One Kennedy Plaza Government Center Utica, NY13502 100 North Street (315) 792-0147 Monticello, NY 12701 (914) 794-3000 City of Syracuse Town of Sand Lake William F. McIntyre, Town Clerk Commissioner of Finance Town of Sand Lake 104 City Hall Sand Lake, NY 12153 Syracuse, NY 13202 (518) 674-2026 (315) 448-8350 City of Poughkeepsie City of Schenectady Herbert C. Bennett Theodore Birbilis Acting Commissioner of Finance Director of Finance P.O. Box 300 Room 105 Poughkeepsie, NY 12602 City Hall (914) 431-8377 Jay Street Schenectady, NY 12305 (518) 382-5010 City of Rochester Village of Spring Valley Louis N. Kash Michael A. Stone Corporation Counsel Village Attorney City Hall Eight Maple Avenue 30 Church Street Spring Valley. NY 10977 Rochester, NY 14614 (914) 352-1100 (716) 428-6685 County of Rockland County of Orange Harold J. Peterson John S. Keller Commissioner of Finance Commissioner of Finance 18 New Hempstead Road Tax Division New City, NY 10956 255-275 Main Street (914) 638-5131 Goshen, NY 10924 (914) 294-5151/Ext. 1120 City of Ogdensburg County of Orleans Philip A. Cosmo Mary Basinait City Comptroller Orleans County Treasurer City Hall Central Hall 330 Ford Street 34 East. Park Street Ogdensburg, NY 13669 Albion, NY (315) 393-1860 (716) 589-5353 County of Otsego City of Oneida James H. Higgins Louis K. Esengard Otsego County Treasurer City Chamberlain P.O. Box 265 P.O. Box 550 (197 Main Street) Oneida, NY 13421 Cooperstown, NY 13326 (315) 363-4800 (607) 547-4235 County of Oneida City of New Rochelle Charles S. Pasiak Lisa Siller Deputy Commissioner of Finance Administrative Analyst 800 Park Avenue Department of Finance Utica, NY 13501 515 North Avenue (315) 798-5756 New Rochelle, NY 10801 (914) 632-2021/Ext. 221 County of Monroe City of New York Gretchen M. Howe Pricilla J. Budden County Treasurer Unit Manager 39 West Main Street Department of Finance Room B-2 Tax Operations Rochester, NY 14614-1467 Fire Insurance Proceeds Section (716) 428-5290 25 Elm Place - Fourth Floor Brooklyn. NY 11201 (718) 935-6523 City of Mount Vernon City of Niagara Falls Peter P. Pucillo Patricia Lenhart Comptroller Deputy Controller/Director of Finance City of Mount Vernon City Hall, Main Street City Hall - Room 1 Niagara Falls, NY 14302 Roosevelt Square (716) 278-8236 Mount Vernon, NY 10550 (914) 668-2200/Ext. 203 City of Newburgh City of Long Beach Robert Huxel Catherine. Pirrone City, Assessor Sup. of Billing & Collections 83 Broadway" Tax Department Newburgh, NY 12550. City Hall (914) 565-3209 Long Beach, NY 11561 (516) 431-1000 City of Kingston Village of Malone Theresa M. Bell Elizabeth J. Pessette City Treasurer Village Clerk/Tax Collector City Hall Malone Village Offices One Garraghan Drive 16 Elm Street Kingston, NY 12401 Malone, NY 12953 (914) 331-0080 (518) 483-4570 Town of Lewisboro City of Middletown Jo Anne B. Simon Nicholas F. Vuolo Town Supervisor City Clerk/Treasurer Town of Lewisboro City Hall South. Salem, NY 10590 16 James Street (914) 763-3511 Middletown, NY 10940 (914) 343-3187 Village of Liberty Village of Hempstead Emmagene Travis Delores H. Banks Clerk/Treasurer Superintendent of Tax & Water Department Municipal Building Inc. Village of Hempstead Liberty, NY 12754 99 Nichols Court (914) 292-6820 Hempstead, NY 11550 (516) 489-3400/Ext. 210 County of Franklin City of Jamestown William A. Hughes Yvonne E. Johnson Franklin County Treasurer City Treasurer 63 West Main Street City of Jamestown Malone, NY 12953 City Hall (518) 483-6767/Ext. 516 200 East Third Street Jamestown, NY 14701 (716) 483-7512 Village of Freeport Village of Kenmore Michael J. Haran (Mrs.) Phyllis G. Higgins, C.M.C. Treasurer Village Clerk - Treasurer 46 North Ocean Avenue Village of Kenmore Freeport, NY 11520 2919 Delaware Avenue (516) 378-4000 Room 17 Kenmore, NY 14217 (716) 873-5700 Village of Green Island City of Yonkers Michael F. Carlow Thomas J. McSpedon Fire Chief Commissioner of Fiscal Services Village of Green Island Department of Finance 20 Clinton Street City of Yonkers Green Island, NY 12183 City Hall (518) 273-2201 Yonkers, NY 10701 (914) 964-3131 Village of Williamsville County of Wyoming Theresa L. Cummins Shirley T. Holbrook Village Clerk/Treasurer Wyoming County Treasurer 5565 Main Street 143 N. Main Street Williamsville, NY 14221 Warsaw, NY 14569 (716) 632-4120 (716) 786-8812 County of Wayne Thomas Warnick Wayne County Treasurer Nine Pearl Street P.O. Box 8 Lyons, NY 14489-0008 (315) 946-5841