| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Apr 05, 2016 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Feb 26, 2016 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to aging |
Senate Bill S6244
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
Actions
Votes
2015-S6244 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Real Property Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง467-b, RPT L
2015-S6244 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6244
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to eligibility
for the senior citizen and persons with disabilities rent increase
exemption program
PURPOSE :
The purpose of this bill is to expand eligibility for SCRIE and DRIE
to tenants whose landlords have entered into voluntary agreements to
base future rent increases on rules established by the Rent Guidelines
Board.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1 and Section 2 amends section 467-b of the real property tax
law by making "dwelling units" eligible for the Senior Citizen Rent
Increase Exemption (SCRIE) and the Disability Rent Increase Exemption
(DRIB) if there was an agreement providing for rent increases equal to
or less than the amount ordered by a rent guideline board of a
locality. In addition, where such an agreement provides for rent
increases in certain years that are based on but greater than the
amount ordered by the rent guideline board, the locality shall have
the authority to provide for rent increases up to or above the amount
2015-S6244 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6244
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 6, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to eligibility
for the senior citizen and persons with disabilities rent increase
exemption program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 467-b of the real
property tax law, as amended by chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, is
amended to read as follows:
a. "Dwelling unit" means that part of a dwelling in which a head of
the household resides and which is subject to [either] the emergency
housing rent control law or to the rent and rehabilitation law of the
city of New York enacted pursuant to the local emergency housing rent
control law, [or] to the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen
seventy-four, OR TO AN AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR RENT INCREASES EQUAL TO
OR LESS THAN THE AMOUNT ORDERED BY A RENT GUIDELINE BOARD OF A PARTIC-
IPATING LOCALITY; HOWEVER, WHERE SUCH AN AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR RENT
INCREASES FOR CERTAIN YEARS THAT ARE BASED ON BUT GREATER THAN THE
AMOUNT ORDERED BY THE RENT GUIDELINE BOARD OF A PARTICIPATING LOCALITY,
SUCH LOCALITY SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND DISCRETION, WITH RESPECT TO
THOSE CERTAIN YEARS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE RENT INCREASES UP TO OR ABOVE
THE AMOUNT ORDERED BY THE RENT GUIDELINE BOARD OF A PARTICIPATING LOCAL-
ITY;
S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 467-b of the real proper-
ty tax law, as added by chapter 689 of the laws of 1972, is amended to
read as follows:
a. "Dwelling unit" means that part of a dwelling in which a head of
the household resides and which is subject to [either] THE emergency
housing rent control law or to THE rent and rehabilitation law of the
city of New York enacted pursuant to the local law enacted pursuant to
the local emergency housing rent control law, OR TO AN AGREEMENT PROVID-
ING FOR RENT INCREASES EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE AMOUNT ORDERED BY A
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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