Irondequoit Supervisor Dave Seeley called the former Medley Centre Credit: FILE PHOTO

Monroe County officials are seeking a court judgement of more than $814,000 against Medley Centre’s former owner, Bersin Properties.

The request stems from a tax incentive agreement between the dead mall’s owner and the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency, Monroe County, the Town of Irondequoit, and the East Irondequoit school district.

Bersin failed to make agreed-upon payments to the governments, which led COMIDA to terminate the agreement, and the governments to seek repayment of the back taxes. State Supreme Court Justice Matthew Rosenbaum ruled that the developer owed the money to the county, but asked for the governments to calculate what, specifically, they’re owed. (The amount include attorney fees, interest, and other costs.)

The town and school district haven’t announced any filings of their own, but with a lot of money at stake, their requests are surely in the works.

This article appears in Mar 9-15, 2016.

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4 replies on “County wants $814,790.17 from former Medley owner”

  1. COMIDA, …..why do we “give” away the peoples money to those who appear to have plenty of it in the first place. If you feel that spending your own money is to risky, don’t use ours in that risk. Then when it fails,…you simply walk away?!

    That’s beyond irresponsible, it criminal.

  2. Why doesn’t Comida reward developers for actually doing something instead of just making promises?

  3. Hey, Monroe County rewards tens of thousands of private citizens for doing absolutely nothing, with welfare, section 8 housing, food stamps and on and on. Let’s eliminate corporate and personal welfare.

    Too bad most people can’t recognize that the government is simply playing a shell game with OUR money, buying off both sides.

  4. It sounds great in theory. You carefully choose among potential candidates who will receive seed money. Then just sit back and wait for the growth and then the tax revenue. Money well spent. Actually, no. It’s a fantasy.

    It’s two sides of the same coin. One side only dreams of the seed money. The other side is interested only in turning a profit. It’s too much about the money. I think, with regards to Medley Center, both sides were lacking in ethics and realistic thinking.

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