Bill Text: NY A09889 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the New York city housing authority from making payments in lieu of taxes to the city of New York.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-27 - referred to housing [A09889 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A09889-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9889 I N A S S E M B L Y May 27, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Housing AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to payments in lieu of taxes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 402 of the public housing law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 5-b to read as follows: 3 5-B. THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY SHALL NOT MAKE PAYMENTS IN 4 LIEU OF TAXES, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVENTEEN OF SECTION EIGHT 5 HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, TO THE CITY OF NEW 6 YORK. ANY PROVISION OF ANY AGREEMENT, CONTRACT, MEMORANDUM OF UNDER- 7 STANDING, OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT BY WHICH THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING 8 AUTHORITY AGREES OR IS REQUIRED TO MAKE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES SHALL 9 BE NULL AND VOID; PROVIDED THAT THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT AFFECT OR 10 IMPAIR THE EFFECTIVENESS OR ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY OTHER PROVISION OF 11 SUCH AGREEMENT, CONTRACT, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, OR OTHER ARRANGE- 12 MENT. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15104-01-4