S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 3, 2014
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       Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Aging
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
         relation to providing for retroactivity to an original date of  eligi-
         bility for the senior citizens rent increase exemption (SCRIE)
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as  the  "senior
    2  citizens rent increase exemption (SCRIE) rollback act".
    3    S 2. Section 26-605 of the administrative code of the city of New York
    4  is amended by adding a new subdivision (c-1) to read as follows:
    5    (C-1)  FOR  ANY  ELIGIBLE  HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD WHO FAILED TO MAKE TIMELY
    6  APPLICATION FOR A RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION ORDER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS
    7  (A) AND (B) OF THIS SECTION, SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE  DEEMED  TO  HAVE
    8  OCCURRED  ON  THE  ORIGINAL  DATE  OF  ELIGIBILITY  FOR  A RENT INCREASE
    9  EXEMPTION ORDER AND RENT REDUCTION IS RETROACTIVE TO THE  ORIGINAL  DATE
   10  OF ELIGIBILITY.
   11    S 3. 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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