NYC Charities as  Property Owners

The NYC Department of Finance has a very handy and accessible website. NYC - DOF .
Click Here for a screen shot powerpoint summary of all the important information on the DOF website.

Every religious and communal organization which owns property in NYC should use this site to check on the status of its real property exemption, water and sewer exemption, various charges from different NYC agencies, ownership information and billing information.

Different parts of the site are accessible - such as Tax Lien Sale and On-Line Payments, Value Assessments, Real Estate History and Water Bill.

You can review the information that the City has on your property(s).  It is always wise to know what NYC thinks is happening at your property and obviously problems are easier to correct the earlier they are caught.   In addition, you can: make sure there are no charges of which you are unaware; make sure your various exemptions are still in place each year; make sure there are no billing or ownership mistakes; see if there are any credits for which you have not obtained a refund (they are lost after 6 years); etc.

Real Property Owners Registration Link - Use this if you want to change names or billing addresses.  You can either do it on-line or fill out a form and mail to the Department of Finance.

One suggestion for name change is to use abbreviations for the common words such as:  for Congregation use either Cong. or Cg.; for Yeshiva use Yesh.; for Mesivta use Mes.  This allows more room for the rest of your organization's name and increases the chances of mail delivery, etc.

Click for - Water & Sewer Exemption