183 Prospect Street tax foreclosure settlement
Summary
Owner Charmaine Burns asked the council for a chance to pay off back taxes and save her 23-year family home, supported by former tenants. The mayor had Corporation Counsel explain the roughly 22-month tax foreclosure process and pledged to work with her and the legal team.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Aug 10, 2026.
Impact analysis
The owner says she is prepared to pay all amounts owed immediately.
The Burns family and their long-term tenants if the home is saved.
The family faces losing a generational home if foreclosure proceeds.
Mentions & discussions (4)
City Council - Aug 10, 2026
Five separate resolutions would settle city in rem tax foreclosure cases on South Street, Liberty Street, North Miller Street, Dupont Avenue and Grand Street, plus a stipulation with the Breitschwerd family and a consent judgment involving Hudson 200 LLC.
City Council - Feb 9, 2026
The council was scheduled to settle litigation over the 2021 foreclosure of tax liens on a Prospect Street property, resolving a long-running tax enforcement case.
City Council - Feb 2, 2026
Owner Charmaine Burns asked the council for a chance to pay off back taxes and save her 23-year family home, supported by former tenants. The mayor had Corporation Counsel explain the roughly 22-month tax foreclosure process and pledged to work with her and the legal team.
City Council - Jan 12, 2026
A settlement of 2022 tax-lien foreclosure litigation for the property at 1 Grand Street was on the agenda.
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