Bill Text: NY S07794 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to interim multiple dwellings in a city with a population of one million or more persons.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-18 - REFERRED TO RULES [S07794 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S07794-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7794 I N S E N A T E June 18, 2012 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to interim multi- ple dwellings in a city with a population of one million or more THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The provisions of subdivision (c) of section 11-245 of the 2 administrative code of the city of New York shall not be applicable to 3 any multiple dwelling located on lots numbered 13 and 14 of Manhattan 4 block numbered 51, lots numbered 17, 18, and 21 of Manhattan block 5 number 90, lots numbered 7, 8, 10, 11, 57 and 111 of Manhattan block 6 numbered 1010, and lots numbered 33, 34 and 35 of Manhattan block 7 numbered 1259 as such lots and blocks are numbered as of the date this 8 act shall have become law, provided that the construction of such multi- 9 ple dwellings on those lots commences on or after January 1, 2007, and 10 on or before June 21, 2017, and provided that for all such multiple 11 dwellings the department of housing preservation and development of New 12 York City shall impose a requirement and certify that twenty percent of 13 the units on site are affordable to households of low and moderate 14 income pursuant to subdivision 7 of section 421-a of the real property 15 tax law. The provisions of subdivision (c) of section 11-245 of the 16 administrative code of the city of New York shall not be applicable to 17 any multiple dwelling that is located on lot 10 of Manhattan block 18 number 123, as such lot and block are numbered as of the date this act 19 shall have become law, provided that construction of such multiple 20 dwelling commenced on or after January 1, 2007, and on or before June 21 21, 2012, and provided further that the individual or agent thereof 22 seeking benefits pursuant to section 421-a of the real property tax law 23 enters into and fulfills the requirements of a memorandum of understand- 24 ing with the city of New York Department of Housing Preservation and 25 Development to fund in an amount not less than $9 million the 26 construction of affordable rental housing within the City of New York, 27 provided, however, that such amount required shall be reduced by the 28 value of negotiable certificates that the individual or agent thereof EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16348-01-2 S. 7794 2 1 seeking benefits purchased, pursuant to section 6-08 of title 28 of the 2 rules of the city of New York as such rules existed as of the date this 3 act shall have become law, in order to entitle such multiple dwelling to 4 the benefits pursuant to section 421-a of the real property tax law for 5 a specified number of units in the geographic exclusion area, provided 6 that such negotiable certificates were generated by a written agreement 7 with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and 8 provided further that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, bene- 9 fits granted pursuant to section 421-a of the real property tax law for 10 such multiple dwelling shall be granted as if construction commenced as 11 of the date this act shall have become law. 12 S 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 13 421-a of the real property tax law, as amended by section 38 of part B 14 of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 15 (i) Within a city having a population of one million or more, new 16 multiple dwellings, except hotels, shall be exempt from taxation for 17 local purposes, other than assessments for local improvements, for the 18 tax year or years immediately following taxable status dates occurring 19 subsequent to the commencement and prior to the completion of 20 construction, but not to exceed three such tax years, [except for new 21 multiple dwellings the construction of which commenced between January 22 first, two thousand seven, and June thirtieth, two thousand nine, shall 23 have an additional thirty-six months to complete construction and shall 24 be eligible for full exemption from taxation for the first three years 25 of the period of construction; any eligible project that seeks to 26 utilize the six-year period of construction authorized by this section 27 must apply for a preliminary certificate of eligibility within one year 28 of the effective date of the rent act of 2011, provided, however that 29 such multiple dwellings shall be eligible for a maximum of three years 30 of benefits during the construction period,] and shall continue to be 31 exempt from such taxation in tax years immediately following the taxable 32 status date first occurring after the expiration of the exemption herein 33 conferred during construction so long as used at the completion of 34 construction for dwelling purposes for a period not to exceed ten years 35 in the aggregate after the taxable status date immediately following the 36 completion thereof, as follows: 37 (A) except as otherwise provided herein there shall be full exemption 38 from taxation during the period of construction or the period of three 39 years immediately following commencement of construction, whichever 40 expires sooner, [except for new multiple dwellings the construction of 41 which commenced between January first, two thousand seven, and June 42 thirtieth, two thousand nine, shall have an additional thirty-six months 43 to complete construction and shall be eligible for full exemption from 44 taxation for the first three years of the period of construction; any 45 eligible project that seeks to utilize the six-year period of 46 construction authorized by this section must apply for a preliminary 47 certificate of eligibility within one year of the effective date of the 48 rent act of 2011, provided, however that such multiple dwellings shall 49 be eligible for a maximum of three years of benefits during the 50 construction period,] and for two years following such period; 51 (B) followed by two years of exemption from eighty per cent of such 52 taxation; 53 (C) followed by two years of exemption from sixty per cent of such 54 taxation; 55 (D) followed by two years of exemption from forty per cent of such 56 taxation; S. 7794 3 1 (E) followed by two years of exemption from twenty per cent of such 2 taxation; 3 The following table shall illustrate the computation of the tax 4 exemption: 5 CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN MULTIPLE DWELLINGS 6 Exemption 7 During Construction (maximum three years)[; 100% 8 except construction commenced between January 9 first, two thousand seven and June 10 thirtieth, two thousand nine (maximum 11 three years)] 12 Following completion of work 13 Year: 14 1 100% 15 2 100 16 3 80 17 4 80 18 5 60 19 6 60 20 7 40 21 8 40 22 9 20 23 10 20 24 S 3. Clause (A) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 25 of section 421-a of the real property tax law, as amended by section 39 26 of part B of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as 27 follows: 28 (A) Within a city having a population of one million or more the local 29 housing agency may adopt rules and regulations providing that except in 30 areas excluded by local law new multiple dwellings, except hotels, shall 31 be exempt from taxation for local purposes, other than assessments for 32 local improvements, for the tax year or years immediately following 33 taxable status dates occurring subsequent to the commencement and prior 34 to the completion of construction, but not to exceed three such tax 35 years, [except for new multiple dwellings the construction of which 36 commenced between January first, two thousand seven, and June thirtieth, 37 two thousand nine, shall have an additional thirty-six months to 38 complete construction and shall be eligible for full exemption from 39 taxation for the first three years of the period of construction; any 40 eligible project that seeks to utilize the six-year period of 41 construction authorized by this section must apply for a preliminary 42 certificate of eligibility within one year of the effective date of the 43 rent act of 2011, provided, however that such multiple dwellings shall 44 be eligible for a maximum of three years of benefits during the 45 construction period,] and shall continue to be exempt from such taxation 46 in tax years immediately following the taxable status date first occur- 47 ring after the expiration of the exemption herein conferred during such 48 construction so long as used at the completion of construction for 49 dwelling purposes for a period not to exceed fifteen years in the aggre- 50 gate, as follows: 51 a. except as otherwise provided herein there shall be full exemption 52 from taxation during the period of construction or the period of three S. 7794 4 1 years immediately following commencement of construction, whichever 2 expires sooner, [except for new multiple dwellings the construction of 3 which commenced between January first, two thousand seven, and June 4 thirtieth, two thousand nine, shall have an additional thirty-six months 5 to complete construction and shall be eligible for full exemption from 6 taxation for the first three years of the period of construction; any 7 eligible project that seeks to utilize the six-year period of 8 construction authorized by this section must apply for a preliminary 9 certificate of eligibility within one year of the effective date of the 10 rent act of 2011, provided, however that such multiple dwellings shall 11 be eligible for a maximum of three years of benefits during the 12 construction period,] and for eleven years following such period; 13 b. followed by one year of exemption from eighty percent of such taxa- 14 tion; 15 c. followed by one year of exemption from sixty percent of such taxa- 16 tion; 17 d. followed by one year of exemption from forty percent of such taxa- 18 tion; 19 e. followed by one year of exemption from twenty percent of such taxa- 20 tion. 21 S 4. Clause (A) of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 22 2 of section 421-a of the real property tax law, as amended by section 23 40 of part B of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as 24 follows: 25 (A) Within a city having a population of one million or more the local 26 housing agency may adopt rules and regulations providing that new multi- 27 ple dwellings, except hotels, shall be exempt from taxation for local 28 purposes, other than assessments for local improvements, for the tax 29 year or years immediately following taxable status dates occurring 30 subsequent to the commencement and prior to the completion of 31 construction, but not to exceed three such tax years, [except for new 32 multiple dwellings the construction of which commenced between January 33 first, two thousand seven, and June thirtieth, two thousand nine, shall 34 have an additional thirty-six months to complete construction and shall 35 be eligible for full exemption from taxation for the first three years 36 of the period of construction; any eligible project that seeks to 37 utilize the six-year period of construction authorized by this section 38 must apply for a preliminary certificate of eligibility within one year 39 of the effective date of the rent act of 2011, provided, however that 40 such multiple dwellings shall be eligible for a maximum of three years 41 of benefits during the construction period,] and shall continue to be 42 exempt from such taxation in tax years immediately following the taxable 43 status date first occurring after the expiration of the exemption herein 44 conferred during such construction so long as used at the completion of 45 construction for dwelling purposes for a period not to exceed twenty- 46 five years in the aggregate, provided that the area in which the project 47 is situated is a neighborhood preservation program area as determined by 48 the local housing agency as of June first, nineteen hundred eighty-five, 49 or is a neighborhood preservation area as determined by the New York 50 city planning commission as of June first, nineteen hundred eighty-five, 51 or is an area that was eligible for mortgage insurance provided by the 52 rehabilitation mortgage insurance corporation as of May first, nineteen 53 hundred ninety-two or is an area receiving funding for a neighborhood 54 preservation project pursuant to the neighborhood reinvestment corpo- 55 ration act (42 U.S.C. SS180 et seq.) as of June first, nineteen hundred 56 eighty-five, as follows: S. 7794 5 1 a. except as otherwise provided herein there shall be full exemption 2 from taxation during the period of construction or the period of three 3 years immediately following commencement of construction, whichever 4 expires sooner, [except for new multiple dwellings the construction of 5 which commenced between January first, two thousand seven, and June 6 thirtieth, two thousand nine, shall have an additional thirty-six months 7 to complete construction and shall be eligible for full exemption from 8 taxation for the first three years of the period of construction; any 9 eligible project that seeks to utilize the six-year period of 10 construction authorized by this section must apply for a preliminary 11 certificate of eligibility within one year of the effective date of the 12 rent act of 2011, provided, however that such multiple dwellings shall 13 be eligible for a maximum of three years of benefits during the 14 construction period,] and for twenty-one years following such period; 15 b. followed by one year of exemption from eighty percent of such taxa- 16 tion; 17 c. followed by one year of exemption from sixty percent of such taxa- 18 tion; 19 d. followed by one year of exemption from forty percent of such taxa- 20 tion; 21 e. followed by one year of exemption from twenty percent of such taxa- 22 tion. 23 S 5. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi- 24 sion, section or subpart of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 25 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 26 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in 27 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section 28 or subpart thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such 29 judgment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the 30 intent of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if 31 such invalid provisions had not been included herein. 32 S 6. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that 33 the provisions of section one of this act shall be deemed to have been 34 in full force and effect on and after December 31, 2007; and provided 35 further, however, that the provisions of sections two, three and four of 36 this act shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and 37 after December 28, 2010; and provided that, with respect to any applica- 38 tion for a preliminary certificate of eligibility that is filed no later 39 than June 24, 2012, or that is filed for a project that was the subject 40 of mortgage foreclosure proceedings or other lien enforcement litigation 41 by a lender on or before June 24, 2012, such project shall be subject to 42 that portion of the definition of "commence" contained in item (1) of 43 clause (iv) of subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subdivision (a) of 44 section 6-09 of title twenty-eight of the rules of the city of New York.