Mount Vernon council accepts delinquent-tax list; members discuss protections for low-income seniors

The Mount Vernon City Council on Wednesday accepted the controller’s list of delinquent taxes and approved related procedures that set the city on a path toward tax-lien sales and in rem foreclosures.

The vote—part of an ordinance from the controller’s office—moves the process into the next administrative steps required by the city and Westchester County, including required publications and an expected request-for-proposals (RFP) to manage sales. Council members used the discussion to press for clearer protections for low-income homeowners, especially seniors, and to ask the comptroller for data on past tax-amnesty programs.

Councilman Poteet said he supports moving the list forward but asked the council and comptroller to consider additional help for “quite a number…