Senate Bill S7865A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes an optional local tax exemption for affordable multi-family housing, to be implemented based on regional recommendations developed by the division of housing and community renewal

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


  • 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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2023-S7865 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9680
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §421-p, RPT L

2023-S7865 - Summary

Establishes an optional local tax exemption for affordable multi-family housing, to be implemented by cities, towns and villages based on recommendations developed by the division of housing and community renewal for each economic development region.

2023-S7865 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7865 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7865
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the real property tax law, in relation to establishing
   an optional local tax exemption for affordable multi-family housing
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  real  property  tax  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 421-p to read as follows:
   § 421-P. EXEMPTION OF NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLINGS.  1.
 (A) A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY, BY LOCAL LAW, PROVIDE FOR THE EXEMPTION
 OF RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLINGS CONSTRUCTED IN A BENEFIT AREA DESIGNATED IN
 SUCH  LOCAL LAW FROM TAXATION AND SPECIAL AD VALOREM LEVIES, AS PROVIDED
 IN THIS SECTION. SUBSEQUENT TO THE ADOPTION OF SUCH  A  LOCAL  LAW,  ANY
 OTHER  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  IN  WHICH  THE DESIGNATED BENEFIT AREA IS
 LOCATED MAY LIKEWISE EXEMPT SUCH PROPERTY FROM ITS TAXATION AND  SPECIAL
 AD  VALOREM LEVIES BY LOCAL LAW, OR IN THE CASE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, BY
 RESOLUTION.
   (B) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "BENEFIT AREA"  MEANS  THE  AREA
 WITHIN  A  CITY,  TOWN  OR VILLAGE, DESIGNATED BY LOCAL LAW, TO WHICH AN
 EXEMPTION, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, APPLIES.
   (C) THE TERM "RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLING" MEANS A STRUCTURE, OTHER  THAN
 A  HOTEL,  CONSISTING OF TWENTY OR MORE DWELLING UNITS, WHERE ALL OF THE
 UNITS ARE RENTED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, AND SUCH UNITS, UPON  INITIAL
 RENTAL  AND  UPON  EACH SUBSEQUENT RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE
 BENEFIT PERIOD, ARE AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY  BY  INDI-
 VIDUALS  OR  FAMILIES  WHOSE  HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED A CERTAIN
 PERCENTAGE, AS DETERMINED BASED  ON  RECOMMENDATIONS  DEVELOPED  BY  THE
 DIVISION  OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL FOR EACH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 REGION, OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, ON AVERAGE,
 AT THE TIME THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLDS INITIALLY OCCUPY SUCH  DWELLING  UNITS.
 SUCH  RESTRICTION PERIOD SHALL BE IN EFFECT COTERMINOUS WITH THE BENEFIT
 PERIOD, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE  TENANT  OR  TENANTS  IN  AN  INCOME
 RESTRICTED  DWELLING UNIT AT THE TIME SUCH RESTRICTION PERIOD ENDS SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2023-S7865A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9680
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §421-p, RPT L

2023-S7865A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an optional local tax exemption for affordable multi-family housing, to be implemented by cities, towns and villages based on recommendations developed by the division of housing and community renewal for each economic development region.

2023-S7865A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7865A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7865--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. MAY, COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction
   and Community  Development  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the real property tax law, in relation to establishing
   an optional local tax exemption for affordable multi-family housing
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  real  property  tax  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 421-p to read as follows:
   § 421-P. EXEMPTION OF NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED OR CONVERTED  RENTAL  MULTIPLE
 DWELLINGS.  1.    (A) A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY, BY LOCAL LAW, PROVIDE
 FOR THE EXEMPTION OF RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLINGS CONSTRUCTED OR  CONVERTED
 IN A BENEFIT AREA DESIGNATED IN SUCH LOCAL LAW FROM TAXATION AND SPECIAL
 AD  VALOREM  LEVIES,  AS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SECTION. SUBSEQUENT TO THE
 ADOPTION OF SUCH A LOCAL LAW, ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION  IN  WHICH
 THE DESIGNATED BENEFIT AREA IS LOCATED MAY LIKEWISE EXEMPT SUCH PROPERTY
 FROM  ITS TAXATION AND SPECIAL AD VALOREM LEVIES BY LOCAL LAW, OR IN THE
 CASE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, BY RESOLUTION.
   (B) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "BENEFIT AREA"  MEANS  THE  AREA
 WITHIN  A  CITY,  TOWN  OR VILLAGE, DESIGNATED BY LOCAL LAW, TO WHICH AN
 EXEMPTION, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, APPLIES.
   (C) THE TERM "RENTAL MULTIPLE DWELLING" MEANS A STRUCTURE, OTHER  THAN
 A  HOTEL,  CONSISTING OF TWENTY OR MORE DWELLING UNITS, WHERE ALL OF THE
 UNITS ARE RENTED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, AND SUCH UNITS, UPON  INITIAL
 RENTAL  AND  UPON  EACH SUBSEQUENT RENTAL FOLLOWING A VACANCY DURING THE
 BENEFIT PERIOD, ARE AFFORDABLE TO AND RESTRICTED TO OCCUPANCY  BY  INDI-
 VIDUALS  OR  FAMILIES  WHOSE  HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED A CERTAIN
 PERCENTAGE, AS DETERMINED BASED  ON  RECOMMENDATIONS  DEVELOPED  BY  THE
 DIVISION  OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL FOR EACH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 REGION, OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ADJUSTED FOR FAMILY SIZE, ON AVERAGE,
 AT THE TIME THAT SUCH HOUSEHOLDS INITIALLY OCCUPY SUCH  DWELLING  UNITS.
 SUCH  RESTRICTION PERIOD SHALL BE IN EFFECT COTERMINOUS WITH THE BENEFIT
 PERIOD, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE  TENANT  OR  TENANTS  IN  AN  INCOME
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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