STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8403 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to authorize the Bais Rochel High School to file an application for exemption from water and sewer charges The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 the commissioner of the New York city department of environmental 3 protection is hereby authorized to accept from the Bais Rochel High 4 School, a not-for-profit corporation, an application for exemption from 5 water and sewer charges pursuant to Chapter 696 of the laws of 1887, as 6 amended, for the fiscal years of 2015 through 2016, for the parcel owned 7 by such corporation in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, desig- 8 nated as block 2266, lot 1 in such borough. If accepted, the application 9 shall be reviewed as if it had been received for fiscal years 2015 10 through 2016. 11 If satisfied that such corporation would otherwise be entitled to such 12 exemption if such corporation had filed an application for exemption for 13 fiscal years 2015 through 2016, the commissioner of the New York city 14 department of environmental protection, upon approval by the city coun- 15 cil of the city of New York, may grant exemption from all water and 16 sewer charges with respect to the subject water and sewer charges due 17 and owing by such corporation on the effective date of this act and 18 cancel charges, fines, penalties and interest remaining unpaid. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11817-01-7