N.Y. Real Property Tax Law § 516: Filing of final assessment roll; notice of completion

§ 516. Filing of final assessment roll; notice of completion. 1. On or

before the first day of July, the assessor or assessors shall complete

the final assessment roll, deliver the original to the clerk of the

county legislative body, and prepare and file a certified copy in the

office of the city or town clerk. The assessor or assessors shall

forthwith cause a notice to be published once in the official newspaper

of such city or town, or if no newspaper has been designated the

official newspaper, in a newspaper having general circulation in such

city or town, stating that the final assessment roll has been completed

and a certified copy thereof so filed for public inspection. In towns,

the assessors shall also cause a copy of the published notice to be

posted on the signboard maintained for the posting of legal notices at

the entrance of the town clerk's office pursuant to subdivision six of

section thirty of the town law.

2. The certified copy of the final assessment roll shall be retained

in the office of the city or town clerk as a public record for a minimum

of ten years from the date the final assessment roll was filed.

3. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the

county legislative body may require additional copies of the assessment

roll to be made and specify by whom such additional copies shall be

made.