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City Estopped from Denying Property Owner the Opportunity to Seek Discretionary Relief Re: the Payment and Acceptance of Tax Arrears—City’s Actions Misled Property Owner

The Second Department determined the equitable estoppel doctrine could properly be applied to a municipality in this case. A city employee had allowed the petitioner (Emporium) to enter an installment agreement to pay back real property taxes at a time when the property had already been foreclosed and transferred.  The Second Department determined Emporium was entitled to a hearing to determine whether the city is equitably estopped from denying Emporium the opportunity to seek discretionary relief re: the payment and acceptance of tax arrears:

With respect to Emporium’s equitable estoppel claim, “[a]lthough estoppel should not be invoked against governmental entities in the absence of exceptional circumstances, we have not hesitated to do so where a municipality’s misleading nonfeasance would otherwise result in a manifest injustice” … . “To establish estoppel, the misconduct of the public agency must have induced justifiable reliance by a party who then changed his position to his detriment” … . * * *

The City respondents’ failure to contact Emporium once it determined that the installment agreements would not be honored constitutes misleading conduct … . Moreover, the City respondents maintained their silence during a period of time when action could have made a difference to Emporium … . Matter of Emporium Mgt Corp v City of New York, 2014 NY Slip Op 07157, 2nd Dept 10-22-14

 

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