S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7516
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 21, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to implementing
transfer assessments for certain classes of property in a city with a
population of one million or more
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1805 of the real property tax law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN ANY
SPECIAL ASSESSING UNIT WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN A CITY, BEGINNING WITH
THE ASSESSMENT ROLL COMPLETED IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX AND FOR EACH
SUBSEQUENT ASSESSMENT ROLL, THE ASSESSOR SHALL DETERMINE A TRANSFER
ASSESSMENT FOR ANY CLASS ONE OR CLASS TWO PARCEL WHICH HAS HAD A TRANS-
FER OF TITLE WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR WHERE THE MARKET VALUE OF SUCH
PARCEL, AS DETERMINED BY THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, IS
GREATER THAN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF SUCH PARCEL. SUCH TRANSFER ASSESSMENT
SHALL BE APPLIED TO THE FIRST ASSESSMENT ROLL AFTER THE TRANSFER OF
TITLE OF SUCH PARCEL AND FOR EACH OF THE SUCCEEDING TWO ASSESSMENT ROLLS
BY COMPUTING DIFFERENCE OF SUCH PARCEL'S ASSESSED VALUE AND THE MARKET
VALUE, AS DETERMINED BY THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, OF SUCH
PARCEL WHEN THE TRANSFER OF THE TITLE OF SUCH PARCEL OCCURRED AND
INCREASING THE ASSESSED VALUE OF SUCH PARCEL BY ONE THIRD OF SUCH
DIFFERENCE ON EACH SUCH ASSESSMENT ROLL.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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