When do tax abatements show up?

I'm hoping someone has the response to this as I would have thought tax abatement issue is the same as what you think - should cost 0.

if u go to the dept of finance website u can find the abated tax assessment to provide to ur lender

Shouldn't your lawyer have that information? What does your lender say? I think you might not always want to trust the advert on something like this.

I had my lawyer check when we were going thru the contract. She verified the abatement, though it's not in my contract. I'm not sure that you'd put that info in a contract. The issue I'm having is I'm using a West Coast lender, BofA, and they're clueless about NYC procedures. I guess I'll know soon enough!

Okay, so it seems the abatement takes a few months to kick in with new buildings. I asked my lender to waive the tax escrow so they do not have to collect prepaid taxes. I will pay them on my own.