The Amsterdam Common Council approved the sale of 21 foreclosed properties at yesterday’s meeting. The vote comes after Monday’s meeting of the property disposition committee which made recommendations as to which bids for the properties should be accepted. The sale of all the properties will bring in just under $190,000. According to Controller Matt Agresta, a portion of the proceeds will go to Montgomery County, proportional to the unpaid county taxes on those properties.
According to Alderman Chad Majewski, eight of the original 28 properties which the council decided to sell are not on the list which was voted on Tuesday because either there were no bids on some of the properties, or with others, because the disposition committee has extended counter offers.
“I think we really have quality people who purchased these and have some great intentions,” said Mayor Michael Villa yesterday. “I think we did a good job in selecting who got these properties.”
He also pointed out that “clawback” provisions in the sale agreements will require the buyers to bring properties up to code within a certain time-frame or the property will revert back to city ownership.
At the meeting, Villa said he has signed a contract with auction company NYSauctions.com, and there is a tentative auction date set for mid October. The auction will include over 200 properties that were foreclosed on this year.
The council also voted to re-convey a property on Kimball Street to its original owners who have agreed to pay all back taxes as fees, and to sell an additional four properties on Brand Place, Edward Street, James Street and Elizabeth Street via the bidding system rather than at auction. Interested buyers can contact the city engineer’s office for more information and to place a bid.
| Location | Bid winner | Sale amount |
| 77 Chapel Place | Kelsey Tesiero | $45,000 |
| 226 Market Street | Arthur Phillips | $5,500 |
| 12 Bartlett Street | Alexandre DosSantos | $7,500 |
| 39 Fairmount Avenue | Wojciech Lewandoski & Jessica Lewandoski | $35,000 |
| 14 Smith Ave | Murat Durmaz | $2,121 |
| 46 McCleary Avenue | Kelsey Tesiero | $45,000 |
| 9 Young Avenue | John & Michelle Egelston | $18,000 |
| 256 Guy Park Ave | Roman Boyko | $2,800 |
| 21 Academy Street | Maria Lopez | $8,000 |
| 131-133 Brookside Avenue | Roman Boyko & Nataliya Romanishin | $5,200 |
| 29 Elizabeth Street | Nataliya Romanishin | $3,200 |
| 295 East Main Street | Mohammad J. Memom | $6,000 |
| 9 Blood Street & 32 Bunn Street | Diane Smith & Charles White | $351 |
Vacant Lots:
| 48-50 Academy Street | Judith Hernandez | $350 |
| L59 Fairmount Avenue | Barbara H. Johnson | $100 |
| 220-222 Florida Avenue | Howard M. Aison | $3,000 |
| 12-12 ½ High Street | Erwin Harnish | $100 |
| L57 Fairmount Avenue | Wojciech Lewandoski & Jessica Lewandoski | $1,000 |
| 36 Jay Street | Bertha Nieves | $300 |
| 34 Lark Street | Marie Insogna & Gary DelliVeneri | $300 |
| 181 West Main Street | Frank Yarasezkis Auto Service Inc. | $600 |
