Bill Text: NY S02198 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Increases the average assessed valuation of certain multiple dwellings, buildings, or structures from thirty thousand dollars to fifty thousand dollars; extends provisions five years until June 30, 2022.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S02198 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02198-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2198
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 12, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sens. AVELLA, KLEIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction
          and Community Development
        AN  ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
          real property tax law, in relation to increasing the average  assessed
          value threshold
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (ii)  of  paragraph  3  of  subdivision  d  of
     2  section  11-243  of  the administrative code of the city of New York, as
     3  amended by local law number 49 of the city of  New  York  for  the  year
     4  1993, is amended to read as follows:
     5    (ii)  is  owned  as  a condominium and is occupied as the residence or
     6  home of three or more  families  living  independently  of  each  other;
     7  provided,  however,  that, in addition to all other conditions of eligi-
     8  bility for the benefits of this section, except for  multiple  dwellings
     9  in  which units have been newly created by substantial rehabilitation of
    10  vacant buildings or conversions of non-residential buildings, the avail-
    11  ability of benefits under this  section  for  such  multiple  dwellings,
    12  buildings  or  structures  shall  be  conditioned  on the following: (a)
    13  alterations or improvements to at least  one  building-wide  system  are
    14  part of the application for benefits, and (b) (i) the assessed valuation
    15  of such multiple dwelling, building, or structure, including land, shall
    16  not  exceed  an  average of [thirty] fifty thousand dollars per dwelling
    17  unit at the time of the commencement of the alterations or improvements,
    18  and (ii) during the three years immediately preceding  the  commencement
    19  of  the  alterations  or improvements the average per room sale price of
    20  the dwelling units or the stock allocated to such dwelling  units  shall
    21  have  been  no  greater than thirty-five percent of the maximum mortgage
    22  amount for a single family home eligible for  purchase  by  the  Federal
    23  National Mortgage Association; provided that if less than ten percent of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  the  dwelling units or an amount of stock less than the amount allocable
     2  to ten percent of such dwelling units was not  transferred  during  such
     3  preceding  three  year  period, eligibility for benefits shall be condi-
     4  tioned  upon  the  multiple  dwelling,  building, or structure having an
     5  assessed valuation per dwelling unit of no more than  twenty-five  thou-
     6  sand  dollars  at  the  time  of  the commencement of the alterations or
     7  improvements. Provided, further, that such benefits shall  be  available
     8  only  for  alterations or improvements commenced on or after June first,
     9  nineteen hundred eighty-six.
    10    § 2. The opening paragraph  of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1  of
    11  section  489  of  the real property tax law, as amended by section 19 of
    12  part A of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    13    Any city to which the multiple  dwelling  law  is  applicable,  acting
    14  through  its local legislative body or other governing agency, is hereby
    15  authorized and empowered, to and including January first,  two  thousand
    16  [nineteen]  twenty-two,  to  adopt  and  amend  local laws or ordinances
    17  providing that any increase in assessed valuation of real property shall
    18  be exempt from taxation for local purposes, as provided herein,  to  the
    19  extent such increase results from:
    20    §  3.  The  closing  paragraph  of  subparagraph 6 of paragraph (a) of
    21  subdivision 1 of section 489 of the real property tax law, as amended by
    22  section 20 of part A of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015,  is  amended  to
    23  read as follows:
    24    Such conversion, alterations or improvements shall be completed within
    25  thirty  months after the date on which same shall be started except that
    26  such thirty month limitation shall not apply to conversions of  residen-
    27  tial  units  which are registered with the loft board in accordance with
    28  article seven-C of the multiple dwelling law  pursuant  to  subparagraph
    29  one  of  this  paragraph.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing, a sixty month
    30  period for completion shall be available for alterations or improvements
    31  undertaken by a housing development fund company organized  pursuant  to
    32  article eleven of the private housing finance law, which are carried out
    33  with  the  substantial assistance of grants, loans or subsidies from any
    34  federal, state or local governmental agency or instrumentality or  which
    35  are  carried out in a property transferred from such city if alterations
    36  and improvements are completed within seven  years  after  the  date  of
    37  transfer.  In  addition, the local housing agency is hereby empowered to
    38  grant an extension of the period of completion for any  project  carried
    39  out  with  the substantial assistance of grants, loans or subsidies from
    40  any federal, state or local governmental agency or  instrumentality,  if
    41  such  alterations or improvements are completed within sixty months from
    42  commencement of construction. Provided, further, that  such  conversion,
    43  alterations  or  improvements  shall  in any event be completed prior to
    44  June  thirtieth,  two  thousand  [nineteen]  twenty-two.  Exemption  for
    45  conversions,  alterations  or improvements pursuant to subparagraph one,
    46  two, three or four of this paragraph shall continue for a period not  to
    47  exceed  fourteen  years and begin no sooner than the first quarterly tax
    48  bill immediately following the completion  of  such  conversion,  alter-
    49  ations or improvements. Exemption for alterations or improvements pursu-
    50  ant  to  this  subparagraph or subparagraph five of this paragraph shall
    51  continue for a period not to exceed thirty-four years and shall begin no
    52  sooner than the first  quarterly  tax  bill  immediately  following  the
    53  completion  of such alterations or improvements. Such exemption shall be
    54  equal to the increase in the valuation which is subject to exemption  in
    55  full  or  proportionally under this subdivision for ten or thirty years,
    56  whichever is applicable. After such period of time, the amount  of  such

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     1  exempted  assessed  valuation  of  such improvements shall be reduced by
     2  twenty percent in each succeeding year until the assessed value  of  the
     3  improvements  are  fully taxable.   Provided, however, exemption for any
     4  conversion,  alterations  or  improvements  which are aided by a loan or
     5  grant under article eight, eight-A, eleven, twelve, fifteen  or  twenty-
     6  two of the private housing finance law, section six hundred ninety-six-a
     7  or  section ninety-nine-h of the general municipal law, or section three
     8  hundred twelve of the housing act of  nineteen  hundred  sixty-four  (42
     9  U.S.C.A.  1452b),  or  the Cranston-Gonzalez national affordable housing
    10  act (42 U.S.C.A. 12701 et.  seq.), or started after July first, nineteen
    11  hundred eighty-three by a housing  development  fund  company  organized
    12  pursuant  to article eleven of the private housing finance law which are
    13  carried out with the substantial assistance of grants, loans  or  subsi-
    14  dies  from any federal, state or local governmental agency or instrumen-
    15  tality or which are carried out in a property transferred from any  city
    16  and  where alterations and improvements are completed within seven years
    17  after the date of transfer may commence at  the  beginning  of  any  tax
    18  quarter  subsequent  to  the  start  of  such conversion, alterations or
    19  improvements and prior to the completion of such conversion, alterations
    20  or improvements.
    21    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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