Discover how tax lien foreclosure works, key differences from tax deed sales, and what happens if a property owner fails to ...

Normally when you buy a house, you don’t want a home with any outstanding liens against it. That’s also why you pay for a title company. But what happens to those houses with outstanding taxes? You ...

BRECKENRIDGE – The late-night infomercial TV “host” is astounded as the “guest” earnestly avows that you can get rich by buying property at tax lien sales. Does it work?Well, perhaps, but it’s not ...

In New York City, tiny, vulnerable, nonprofit organizations too often lose the real estate they own to for-profit developers. These unjustifiable losses are a complete mix-up of city and state tax ...

With the temporary moratorium on New York City’s tax lien sale extended multiple times after being imposed early on in the pandemic, this is an ideal opportunity for lawmakers to take it a step ...

The city’s highly controversial “tax lien sale” expired on Monday, but the future is uncertain for a program long derided as predatory towards communities of color, particularly those who have built ...

Even during the tax collection offseason, or the second half of each year, the Treasurer’s Office has many responsibilities. In addition to collecting outstanding property taxes and the administration ...

On Sept. 18th, the Poughkeepsie Journal ran an Op-Ed article on tax lien sales, ("Tax lien sales are inefficient, unjust and hurt Poughkeepsie community.") The article was passionate and thoughtful ...

When Petal Sandiford stepped into the Flatbush YMCA several weeks ago, the 63-year-old home care worker had just one thing in mind: To get her late uncle’s house in Ocean Hill, where she and six of ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo just extended the ban on the city’s tax lien sale for another month, granting delinquent property owners a fourth reprieve since the start of the pandemic. The governor signed an ...