N.Y. CNT Law § 280-Q

§ 280-q. Revenues. 1. The county treasurer shall collect and receive\nall levies, charges, other revenue of the district and grants in aid and\nassistance and keep a true account of all such receipts. Unpaid levies\nand charges shall be a lien upon the real property upon which or in\nconnection with which improvements were provided as and from the first\nday fixed for payment of such levies and charges.\n 2. The county treasurer shall prepare, and transmit to the governing\nbody, on or before the first day of December in each year a list of\nthose residents or property owners within the county who are in arrears\nin the payment of levies or charges for a period of thirty days or more\nafter the last day fixed for payment of such levies and charges without\npenalty. The list shall contain a brief description of the properties\nfor which the improvements were provided, the names of the persons or\ncorporations liable to pay for the same and the amount chargeable to\neach, including penalties and interest computed to December\nthirty-first. The governing body shall levy such sums against the\nproperties liable and shall state the amount thereof in a separate\ncolumn in the annual tax rolls of the various municipalities under the\nname of "county hurricane protection, flood and shoreline erosion\ncontrol improvement district tax". Such amounts, when collected by the\nseveral municipal collectors or receivers of taxes, shall be paid over\nto the county treasurer. All of the provisions of the tax laws of the\nstate of New York and the Suffolk county tax act covering the\nenforcement and collection of unpaid taxes or assessments for special\nimprovements not inconsistent herewith shall apply to the collection of\nsuch unpaid levies and charges. Such amounts, when received by the\ncounty treasurer, shall be credited to the applicable county district\nfund and shall be used only for such county district purposes.\n