Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs to the respondents City of Yonkers and Mark B. Russell, City of Yonkers Assessor.
"[A]rticle 78 relief in the form of mandamus to compel may be granted only where a petitioner establishes a clear legal right to the relief requested" ( Matter of Council of City of N.Y. v Bloomberg, 6 NY3d 380, 388 [citation and internal quotation marks omitted]). Although we agree with the appellant that when conflicts exist between provisions of the General Municipal Law and provisions of other statutes, the General Municipal Law controls ( see General Municipal Law § 888), we conclude that, contrary to the appellant's contention, no conflict actually exists between General Municipal Law § 874 and RPTL 412-a. General Municipal Law § 874 (1) provides that public agencies are not required to pay taxes upon real properties they control ( see Matter of Pyramid Co. of Watertown v Tibbets, 76 NY2d 148, 151). RPTL 412-a (2) provides for the mechanism that public agencies must follow to obtain their tax exemptions. Here, the appellant's straight-lessee ( see General Municipal Law § 854), the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency, never applied for tax exempt status for the subject property, as required by RPTL 412-a (2). Accordingly, the appellant failed to establish that it had a clear legal right to compel Mark B. Russell, City of Yonkers Assessor, to issue a statement that the condominium unit in controversy was tax exempt or, more specifically, a statement substantiating that he had obtained proof that the condominium unit should have been granted tax exempt status ( see RPTL 556 [c]; Matter of Council of the City of N.Y. v Bloomberg, 6 NY3d at 388).
The appellant's remaining contentions are either without merit or not properly before this Court ( see Pugliese v Mondello, 67 AD3d 880).