S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5834 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 5, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to authorize Congregation Ginze Yosef to file an application for exemption from water and sewer charges for certain assessment rolls 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 Congregation Ginze Yosef, 4 a not-for-profit corporation, an application for exemption from water 5 and sewer charges pursuant to section 420-a of the real property tax law 6 for the 2009 through 2014 assessment rolls, for the parcel owned by such 7 corporation in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, designated as 8 block 6796, lot 56 in such borough. If accepted, the application shall 9 be reviewed as if it had been received on or before the taxable status 10 date established for such assessment rolls. 11 If satisfied that such corporation would otherwise be entitled to such 12 exemption if such corporation had filed an application for exemption by 13 the appropriate taxable status date, the commissioner of the New York 14 city department of environmental protection, upon approval by the city 15 council of the city of New York, may grant exemption from all water and 16 sewer charges with respect to the subject tax rolls due and owing by 17 such corporation on the effective date of this act and cancel charges, 18 fines, penalties and interest remaining unpaid, and make appropriate 19 correction of the subject assessment rolls. 20 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11536-01-5