Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York August 3, 2000 (State v. Town of Clifton)

—Rose, J.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Demarest, J.), entered May 3, 1999 in St. Lawrence County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to RPTL article 7, inter alia, denied respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition for want of prosecution.

On July 28, 1989, petitioner commenced this proceeding to review the tax assessment of its property located in the Town of Clifton, St.