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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 25, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Real Property Taxation -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing an
owner of a dwelling unit access to tax abatement applications submit-
ted on behalf of the condominium
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 467-a of the real property tax
law, as added by chapter 273 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
follows:
4. Except in accordance with proper judicial order or as otherwise
provided by law, neither the commissioner of finance, nor any officer or
employee of a department of finance of a city having a population of one
million or more, nor any person who, pursuant to this subdivision, is
authorized to inspect the application or statements in connection there-
with required by this section, shall disclose or make known the contents
of any such application or statements. Except as provided in this subdi-
vision, the officers charged with the custody of any such application or
statements shall not be required to produce them in any action or
proceeding in any court or before any administrative tribunal, but any
such application or statements may be produced on behalf of the depart-
ment of finance. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO
PROHIBIT DELIVERY TO AN OWNER OF A DWELLING UNIT OF A PROPERTY SITUATED
IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE OF A COPY OF ANY
APPLICATION OR STATEMENTS PERTAINING TO SUCH DWELLING UNIT, UPON REQUEST
AND WITH PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION REDACTED. Nothing in this
subdivision shall be construed to prohibit the delivery of a certified
copy of any such application or statements to the United States of Amer-
ica or any department thereof, the state of New York or any department
thereof, or a city having a population of one million or more or any
department thereof, provided any such application or statements are
required for official business; nor to prohibit the inspection for offi-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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cial business of any such application or statements by the tax commis-
sion of a city having a population of one million or more, or by the
corporation counsel or other legal representative of a city having a
population of one million or more, or by any person engaged or retained
by the department of finance on an independent contract basis; nor to
prohibit the publication of statistics so classified as to prevent the
[indentification] IDENTIFICATION of any particular application or state-
ments. The foregoing provisions of this subdivision prohibiting disclo-
sure of the contents of applications or statements shall not apply to
physical data relating to the property described therein.
S 2. Subdivision 8 of section 467-a of the real property tax law, as
amended by chapter 97 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
follows:
8. [The] EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE OWNER OF A DWELLING UNIT OF A
PROPERTY SITUATED IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE
MAY REQUEST A REDACTED COPY OF ANY APPLICATION OR STATEMENTS PERTAINING
TO SUCH DWELLING UNIT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION,
THE information contained in applications or statements in connection
therewith filed with the commissioner of finance pursuant to subdivision
three, three-a, three-b or three-c of this section shall not be subject
to disclosure under article six of the public officers law.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.