If an attorney wishes to file numerous tax certiorari petitions at a time, must data entry and the attachment of a petition be done for each, one at a time?

No. An attorney may collect relevant data for each case on an office disk in a particular format that NYSCEF explains. The system then allows the attorney, using that office disk, to open 40 files at a time, create 40 petitions simultaneously using a template available on-line, file them, and pay for them by credit or debit card (Mastercard or Visa), all by a few clicks of the mouse. If the attorney submits petitions to his/her clients using the same language as appears in the template, then it is possible to file hundreds of petitions very quickly and easily. New York City has agreed by stipulation, in regard to cases filed in any borough, to accept petitions in substantially the form of the on-line petition and to accept the filing thereof with the NYSCEF system as service, so that none of the (easy) service steps otherwise required in NYSCEF cases would be needed. The bulk-filing mechanism is only available in cases in which the taxing authority stipulates to allow the filing ...