Senate Bill S7057

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a maximum rent of one-third of household income for the senior citizens rent increase exemption and disability rent increase exemption

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S7057 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8424
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L; amd §§26-605 & 26-509, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7754, A8749
2021-2022: S2806, A4433
2023-2024: S569, A2974

2017-S7057 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a maximum rent of one-third of household income for the senior citizens rent increase exemption and disability rent increase exemption.

2017-S7057 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7057 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7057
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 and the administrative code of
   the city of New York, in relation to establishing a  maximum  rent  of
   one-third  of  household  income for the senior citizens rent increase
   exemption (SCRIE) and disability rent increase exemption (DRIE)
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "senior citizens rent increase exemption (SCRIE) and disability rent
 increase exemption (DRIE) rollback act".
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 467-b of the real property  tax  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT IN A CITY OF A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION
 OR MORE, A TAX ABATEMENT CERTIFICATE SETTING FORTH AN  AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO
 THE  AMOUNT  BY  WHICH  THE  MAXIMUM RENT OR LEGAL REGULATED RENT OF THE
 SUBSEQUENT DWELLING UNIT EXCEEDS ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED INCOME OF ALL
 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD FOR THE TAXABLE PERIOD SHALL BE ISSUED BY  SAID
 AGENCY  TO EACH HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD WHO IS FOUND TO BE ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS
 SECTION AND UPON APPLICATION TO THE APPROPRIATE RENT CONTROL  AGENCY  OR
 ADMINISTRATIVE  AGENCY  ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY SAID AGENCY ON OR BEFORE
 THE LAST DATE PRESCRIBED BY LAW FOR THE PAYMENT  OF  THE  TAXES  OR  THE
 FIRST INSTALLMENT THEREFOR OF ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHICH HAS GRANT-
 ED  AN ABATEMENT OF TAXES. COPIES OF SUCH CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ISSUED TO
 THE OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY CONTAINING THE DWELLING UNIT OF THE  HEAD
 OF  THE HOUSEHOLD AND TO THE COLLECTING OFFICER CHARGED WITH THE DUTY OF
 COLLECTING THE TAXES OR EACH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHICH HAS GRANTED THE
 ABATEMENT OF TAXES AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION.
   § 3. Subdivision (a) of section 26-605 of the administrative  code  of
 the  city  of New York, as amended by local law number 98 of the city of
 New York for the year 1985 and paragraph 3 as added by  chapter  553  of
 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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