senate Bill S7238

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Repeals section 421-a of the real property tax law relating to the affordable New York housing program

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


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Jan 13, 2020 referred to housing, construction and community development

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S7238 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8848
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §421-a, amd §§421-m, 467-e & 489, RPT L; rpld §§11-245, 11-245.1, 11-245.1-a & 11-245.1-b, amd §§6-130, 11-239 & 26-901, NYC Ad Cd; amd §654-d, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S260
2023-2024: S216

S7238 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Repeals a provision of the real property tax law and certain provisions of the New York city administrative code relating to the affordable New York housing program and makes necessary technical and conforming changes relating thereto.

S7238 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7238 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7238

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 13, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
  Community Development

AN ACT to repeal section 421-a of the real property tax law, relating to
  the  affordable  New  York housing program; to amend the real property
  tax law, the administrative code of the city  of  New  York,  and  the
  private housing finance law, in relation to making necessary technical
  and conforming changes; and to repeal certain sections of the adminis-
  trative code of the city of New York relating thereto

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 421-a of the real property tax law is REPEALED.
  § 2. Section 11-245 of the administrative code of the city of New York
is REPEALED.
  § 3. Section 11-245.1 of the administrative code of the  city  of  New
York is REPEALED.
  §  4. Section 11-245.1-a of the administrative code of the city of New
York is REPEALED.
  § 5. Section 11-245.1-b of the administrative code of the city of  New
York is REPEALED.
  § 6. Paragraph 11 of subdivision a of section 6-130 of the administra-
tive  code  of  the city of New York, as added by local law number 27 of
the city of New York for the year 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  (11)  "Lease"  means  any  agreement  whereby  a  contracting   agency
contracts for, or leases or rents, commercial office space or commercial
office  facilities of 10,000 square feet or more from a non-governmental
entity provided the City, whether through a single agreement or multiple
agreements, leases or rents no less than fifty-one percent of the  total
square  footage  of  the building to which the lease applies, or if such
space or such facility is entirely located within the geographic area in
the borough of Staten Island[, or in an area not defined as an exclusion
area pursuant to section 421-a of the real property tax law] on the date
of enactment of the local law that added this section, then no less than
eighty percent of the total square footage of the building to which  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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