N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 11-234: § 11-234 Cancellation of taxes and assessments in Queens county.

The comptroller, with the written consent of the corporation counsel, is authorized, on application being made by any person interested, to compromise and settle claims of the city for unpaid taxes and assessments, and sales for the same, within the territory formerly comprised within the boundaries of Queens county, now borough of Queens, as were imposed, confirmed, levied, or became liens upon the lands in the county of Queens, now borough of Queens, prior to January first, eighteen hundred ninety-eight.