Assembly Bill A10768

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides for a continuation of senior citizen rent increase exemption benefits after a period of ineligibility

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A10768 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง26-605, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A708
2015-2016: A563
2017-2018: A3520
2019-2020: A1471
2021-2022: A3737

2011-A10768 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a continuation of senior citizen rent increase exemption benefits after a period of ineligibility due to a head of household's temporary increase in income.

2011-A10768 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10768

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 18, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rosenthal)
  -- 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  continuation  of  senior citizen rent increase exemption
  benefits after a period of ineligibility due to a head of  household's
  temporary increase in income

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 26-605 of the administrative code of  the  city  of
New York is amended by adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
  (E)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A HEAD OF A HOUSEHOLD
TO WHOM A RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION ORDER/TAX  ABATEMENT  CERTIFICATE  HAS
BEEN  ISSUED  UNDER  THIS CHAPTER, CHAPTER THREE OR CHAPTER FOUR OF THIS
TITLE WHO  HAS  BECOME  INELIGIBLE  FOR  SUCH  RENT  INCREASE  EXEMPTION
ORDER/TAX  ABATEMENT  CERTIFICATE AS A RESULT OF A TEMPORARY INCREASE IN
INCOME FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THAT DOES NOT EXCEED TWO  YEARS,  MAY,  UPON
RESUMPTION   OF   RECEIPT   OF   AN   INCOME  THAT  QUALIFIES  FOR  SUCH
ORDER/CERTIFICATE UNDER THIS CHAPTER, CHAPTER THREE OR CHAPTER  FOUR  OF
THIS  TITLE,  APPLY  TO THE SUPERVISING AGENCY, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS IMPOSED  BY  SUCH  RELEVANT  CHAPTER,  FOR  A  RENT  INCREASE
EXEMPTION  ORDER/TAX ABATEMENT CERTIFICATE RELATING TO THE SAME DWELLING
UNIT TO WHICH THE ORIGINAL RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION  ORDER/TAX  ABATEMENT
CERTIFICATE  APPLIED,  AND SUCH ORDER/CERTIFICATE SHALL PROVIDE THAT THE
HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM PAYING THAT  PORTION  OF  THE
MAXIMUM  RENT FOR THE DWELLING UNIT WHICH EXCEEDS THE LAST RENT THAT THE
HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD WAS REQUIRED TO PAY IN THE DWELLING UNIT PRIOR  TO
HIS  OR HER INCREASE IN INCOME WHICH CAUSED THE TEMPORARY INELIGIBILITY,
PLUS ANY NON-EXEMPT INCREASES  IN  SUCH  MAXIMUM  RENT  WHICH  MAY  HAVE
OCCURRED DURING THE TEMPORARY PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to rele-
vant applications for the senior citizen rent increase  exemption  bene-
fits filed on or after such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15483-02-2

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