Developers owe city back taxes

On the list of the 24,111 properties in the city that owe back taxes, some Macklowe, Zeckendorf and Vornado Realty Trust properties can be found, according to the Post. The Zeckendorfs paid $430 per square foot for air space over the Grolier Club at 47 East 60th Street, but taxes on the club haven’t been paid since April 2008, and now the city is owed about $240,000. Vornado Realty Trust owes $55,238.23 on 2 Penn Plaza. At 11 East 57th Street, owned by Hearst Communications, someone stopped paying the bills in 2004, and now the city is owed just over $1.04 million. And on 48 East 57th Street, part of the Drake Hotel site, Macklowe Properties owes a “bill payment” of 64 cents.