N.Y. Real Prop. Tax Law § 1580

§ 1580. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that many\nmunicipalities now employ electronic data processing equipment in their\nadministration of the real property tax. Most of the statutes which\ncurrently govern the preparation of assessment rolls, tax rolls and tax\nbills were enacted prior to the development of the computer and its\nimplementation in real property tax systems. As such, these laws, while\nstill appropriate in the case of manually prepared rolls and bills,\noften serve as impediments to the use of modern technology.\n The purpose of this article is to eliminate these impediments while\npreserving the substance of the law in regard to matters such as public\naccess, security of information, and the rentention of assessment and\ntaxation records. Related amendments have also been made to various\nsections of this chapter, the town law and the village law.\n