"Singer and other neighborhood residents were especially peeved because their property-value notices, predated Jan. 15, didn’t arrive until the first week of this month. The notices included an outdated memo informing homeowners that they had until Feb. 1 to apply for assistance through the Finance Department’s new Hurricane Sandy Property Tax Relief program."
1 - thats messed up that they didnt get the memos until after the deadline had passed
2 - did they really decide to simultaneously raise taxes on hurricane sandy victims AND create a special new department to provide relief for those whose taxes were raised because of the hurricane?