Standing outside of 471 Kings Highway in Valley Cottage, a property with an unpaid tax bill of over $79,822.26, Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced that the county has collected 81 percent of delinquent taxes on residential properties since beginning a new expedited enforcement in the spring. The county has begun foreclosure proceedings on the Kings Highway property and 29 other non-residential parcels. The county has collected $2.4 million of the $2.9 million owed by owners of non-residential properties. A total of 124 properties were identified by the county as having unpaid taxes. Owners of all but 34 of those properties either paid their bill in full or entered into installment plans.
