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File #: 25-401    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Current Business
File created: 8/21/2025 In control: Audit and Finance Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Title: AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 211 AND 213 SEMINOLE AVENUE (TAX MAP NOS. 65.54-4-4 AND 65.54-4-5) IN THE CITY OF ALBANY
Sponsors: Audit and Finance Committee
Attachments: 1. TMP-6795 - Cover Letter, 2. RLA Form 6795, 3. 19-288, 4. DOC051225-05122025150628, 5. DOC051225-05122025150609, 6. SEMINOLE MEMO, 7. 211,213 Seminole Offer Letter - Email, 8. 25-401 AF 6 - TMP 6795 - Conveyance 211 and 213 Seminole Ave City of Albany

RESOLUTION NO. 401

 

AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 211 AND 213 SEMINOLE AVENUE (TAX MAP NOS. 65.54-4-4 AND 65.54-4-5) IN THE CITY OF ALBANY

 

Introduced: 10/14/25

By Audit and Finance Committee:

 

WHEREAS, The County of Albany has acquired through “in rem” foreclosure title to parcels of real property located at 211 and 213 Seminole Avenue (Tax Map Nos. 65.54-4-4 and 65.54-4-5) in the City of Albany, and

 

WHEREAS, Xilin Xu, the abutting property owner, has expressed an interest in acquiring each of the parcels for $1, and

 

WHEREAS, By Resolution No. 141 for 2025, this Honorably Body adopted an Updated Disposition Plan for Real Property Acquired through the In Rem Delinquent Tax Foreclosure Process, and

 

WHEREAS, § 360-41(c) of the Updated Disposition Plan allows for properties to be sold to abutting or adjacent property owners, now, therefore, be it

 

RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to execute on behalf of the County any and all documents necessary to convey properties located 211 and 213 Seminole Avenue (Tax Map Nos. 65.54-4-4 and 65.54-4-5) in the City of Albany to Xilin Xu, Albany, NY 12208 each for $1, and, be it further

 

RESOLVED, That Xilin Xu shall be responsible for all closing costs at the time of closing, and, be it further

 

RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said conveyance as to form and content, and, be it further

 

RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate County Officials.