Bill Title: Provides for annual adjustment by the commissioner of housing and community renewal of the maximum income threshold for eligibility for the senior citizens' rent increase exemption (SCRIE) and for the municipal property tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens by any increase in the consumer price index (CPI); raises eligibility of income level to $30,000; excludes from the definition of "income" the out of pocket expenses for all medical and prescription drugs not reimbursed or paid for by insurance in determining eligibility for the real property tax exemption relating to the senior citizen rent increase exemption; provides such additional exclusions from income and the indexing are at local option. [Track Bill]

Status: 2012-01-04 - referred to aging [A08886 Detail]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	Financial
Assemblyman Dan Quart	Primary	Sponsored Bills	N/A
Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	N/A
Assemblyman Vanessa L. Gibson	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Assemblyman Richard N. Gottfried	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	N/A
Assemblyman William F. Boyland, Jr.	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Assemblyman William Colton	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Assemblyman Nelson L. Castro	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Assemblyman William Scarborough	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Assemblyman Ellen Jaffee	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Assemblyman Mark Weprin	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Assemblyman Earlene Hooper	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Assemblyman Deborah J. Glick	Primary	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney
Assemblyman Felix Ortiz	Primary	Sponsored Bills	FollowTheMoney

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