BLOG: Property Tax Appeal

Property Tax Exemption Not On The Menu For Kean University Restaurant

by: Anthony F. Della Pelle
14 Jul 2020
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently held in Gourmet Dining v Union Township that a for-profit high-end restaurant housed in a building on the Kean University campus was subject to local property taxation. The defendant, Union Township, appealed from the judgment of the Appellate Division, which reversed the Tax Court’s grant of summary judgment in... Read More

2020 TAX APPEAL FILING DEADLINE SET FOR JULY 1ST

by: Anthony F. Della Pelle
29 May 2020
Yesterday Governor Murphy signed Assembly Bill No. 4157 (A4157)  to temporarily extend the deadline to file property tax appeals to July 1. The ordinary statutory deadline was April 1 (or May 1 for towns undergoing a revaluation).  That deadline had been extended twice before as a result of the Governor’s Executive Orders declaring the current... Read More

Law Firm Cites Founding Fathers in Suit Against Governor Cuomo and Attorney General

by: Anthony F. Della Pelle
23 May 2020
While most businesses have complied in some form or manner with the spirit of the above meme,  a Buffalo, NY law firm, HoganWillig, PLLC, has continued in office operations during the shutdown period.  It has now filed a lawsuit against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Letitia James, claiming abuse of power in... Read More

NJGOP Joins The Shutdown Challenge Party

by: Anthony F. Della Pelle
22 May 2020
Yesterday, the NJ State Republican Committee joined forces with a few small businesses in filing a lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of Governor Phil Murphy’s Executive Orders in an effort to reopen small businesses around the State.  The lawsuit, filed in New Jersey Superior Court, Cape May County, includes as plaintiffs the GOP State Committee,... Read More

Oregon Shutdown Order: Vacated and Reinstated in One Day

by: Anthony F. Della Pelle
19 May 2020
Another State’s Executive Orders – this time in Oregon – rode a judicial seesaw yesterday.  Earlier in the day, Baker County Circuit Court Judge Matt Shirtcliff issued an opinion and preliminary injunction which declared that all of Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s Executive Orders were “null and void”, and therefore enjoined enforcement of several orders entered... Read More

LANDLORDS ASSEMBLE… TO BATTLE RENT CONTROL ORDINANCES!

by: Anthony F. Della Pelle
18 May 2020
This week’s COVID-19 related hot topic: landlord’s assembling to fight rent control measures in New Jersey. Montclair Township and Union City both recently passed ordinances to implement rent control measures leading to the pending matters. Montclair Rent Control Ordinance In Montclair, a number of landlords joined together as the Montclair Property Owner’s Association (“Montclair Assoc.”... Read More

NJ’s Latest Shutdown Challenge – Gun Clubs Try to Force Reopening

by: Anthony F. Della Pelle
15 May 2020
An association of gun clubs filed New Jersey’s latest challenge to Governor Murphy’s shutdown orders this week in U.S. District Court, asserting that their gun and rifle ranges should be permitted to reopen.  The lawsuit, filed on May 12, seeks injunctive relief, requesting that the Court order the “immediate reopening” of their facilities, which have... Read More

Wisconsin Supreme Court: No Need to Stay at Home Any More!

by: Anthony F. Della Pelle
14 May 2020
Late yesterday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a 161-page opinion striking down Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ “stay at home” Executive Orders, marking the first-known high court victory for challengers to the shutdown orders issued by Governors and other executives around the country.  The 4-3 decision was lauded by local Republicans and small business owners as... Read More

Priest Files Shutdown Challenge – Is Governor Thinking About the Bill of Rights Now?

by: Anthony F. Della Pelle
5 May 2020
Last week we wrote about the first known challenge to Governor Murphy’s Executive Order shutting down the State in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19.  The plaintiff there alleged the Order resulted in a taking of his beach house because it prohibits seasonal beach rentals and, as a result, he was required to... Read More

“Thanks” To COVID-19, It’s Not Too Late To File A Property Tax Appeal

by: Anthony F. Della Pelle
1 May 2020
Like you, we at McKirdy, Riskin, Olson & Della Pelle, P.C. have had to adapt to the current State of Emergency caused by the COVID-19 virus that has upended our normal routines.  First and foremost is that we are all concerned about our health and that of our family and friends, especially those most vulnerable... Read More