FILED: ONEIDA COUNTY CLERK 02/07/ :44 PM

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1 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ONEIDA In the Matter of the Application of JASON D LEBRECHT, IAS NO Petitioner -against- REPLY AFFIDAVIT THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF THE WN OF FLORENCE, Respondent Assigned Judge: For Review of Certain Tax Assessments on the 2016 Town of Florence Assessment Roll Hon Samuel D Hester, JSC Under Article 7 of the Real Property Tax Law STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ESSEX SS: GREGORY M DENNIN, being duly sworn, deposes and states as follows: 1 I am the attorney for petitioner herein, and I submit this reply affidavit in response Affidavit" to respondent's affidavit of counsel ("Gebo Affidavit" and affidavit of assessor Randall Bowman (" Affidavit" ("Bowman Affidavit" in connection with petitioner's motion herein 2 Paragraph 2 of the Gebo Affidavit concedes that respondent did not file an answer in response to the declaratory judgment matter As such, respondent is in default on that matter 3 With respect to the issue of the 2016 equalization rate, respondent's "admission" as to a January 16, 2010 equalization rate does not constitute a notice specifically denying the 12% equalization rate As such, the 12% equalization rate is deemed admitted Real Property Tax Law 716 Page 1 of 3 1 of 7

2 4 Paragraph 4 of the Gebo Affidavit indicates there was no motion to preclude on the issue of respondent's failure to provide a timely response to petitioner's notice to admit There is no need for a motion to preclude If respondent had an issue as to the reasonableness of the notice to admit, respondent should have moved for a protective order Nader, Epstein v Con Ed, 31 AD2d 746, 297 NYS2d 260 (2d Dept 1969 Given respondent's failure to respond to petitioner's notice to admit within the 20-day statutory period, the items in question are deemed admitted CPLR The proposed response to petitioner's notice to admit must be rejected as untimely In fact, respondent has failed to move for permission to file a late response with supporting reasons for such failure 6 The Bowman Affidavit concedes assessor Bowman valued Tax Parcel in the Town of Florence (the tax parcel in question in this proceeding which parcel is hereinafter referred to as the "Lot" based on the purchase price In fact, the Lot was not a newly-created lot at the time Assessor Bowman revised the assessment on the Lot for the 2016 assessment roll At the time Assessor Bowman prepared the 2015 assessment roll, the Lot had already been created and assigned a tax parcel number and an assessed value of $ (see Exhibit A containing assessed valuation for the Lot on 2005 assessment roll When Assessor Bowman created the 2006 assessment roll, he placed a new assessment of $20,000 on the Lot (see Exhibit B containing assessed valuation for the 2006 assessment roll Assessor Bowman's concession that he imposed a new assessed valuation on the Lot directly based on the purchase price for the Lot is a de facto admission of selective reassessment of the Lot DeLeonardis v Assessor of City of Mt Vernon, 226 AD2d 530, 641 NYS2d 83 (2d Dept 1996 By means of such selective reassessment, the Page 2 of 3 2 of 7

3 assessment on the Lot for the assessment rolls should be reduced to the 2005 assessment of $ Gregory Dennin Sworn to before me this 7th day Of Pebruary, 2018 Notary '1' Public COL+ DEBRA L CHABOT Notary Public, State of New York No 01CH Qualified in Essex County Commission Expires October9,20d Page3 3 of 3 3 of 7

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