Assembly Bill A7914A

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to determining the rent increase exemption amount for individuals in N.Y. city

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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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co-Sponsors

2015-A7914 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5721
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b & 467-c, RPT L; amd §§26-405, 26-406, 26-509 & 26-605, NYC Ad Cd

2015-A7914 - Summary

Relates to determining the rent increase exemption amount for individuals in a city with a population of one million or more.

2015-A7914 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7914

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, LINARES -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  determining
  the  rent  increase  exemption amount for individuals 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:

  Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 2 of section 467-b of
the  real  property  tax  law,  as amended by chapter 747 of the laws of
1985, are amended and a new paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
  (a) where the head of the household does not receive a monthly  allow-
ance  for  shelter pursuant to the social services law, an amount not in
excess of that portion of any increase in maximum rent  or  legal  regu-
lated  rent  which  causes  such maximum rent or legal regulated rent to
exceed one-third of the combined income of all members of the household;
[or]
  (b) where the head of the household receives a monthly  allowance  for
shelter  pursuant to the social services law, an amount not in excess of
that portion of any increase in maximum rent  or  legal  regulated  rent
which  is  not  covered  by the maximum allowance for shelter which such
person is entitled to receive pursuant to the social services law[.]; OR
  (C) IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE,  (1)  WHERE  A
HEAD  OF  HOUSEHOLD  WAS ENROLLED IN THE EXEMPTION PROGRAM AS OF JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE  DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN
THE  MAXIMUM  RENT  OR  LEGAL  REGULATED RENT AND THE AMOUNT THE HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD WAS REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY PAY AS OF JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
FIFTEEN; AND (2) WHERE A HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HAS ENROLLED IN THE EXEMPTION
PROGRAM AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AN AMOUNT  DETERMINED
BY PARAGRAPH (A) OR (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
the amendments to subdivision 2 of section 467-b of  the  real  property
tax  law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration
of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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2015-A7914A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5721
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b & 467-c, RPT L; amd §§26-405, 26-406, 26-509 & 26-605, NYC Ad Cd

2015-A7914A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to determining the rent increase exemption amount for individuals in a city with a population of one million or more.

2015-A7914A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 7914--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ, LINARES, BARRON -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Aging -- reported  and  referred  to  the
  Committee  on  Ways  and  Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law and the administrative code of
  the city of New York, in relation to the tax abatement  and  exemption
  of rental units occupied in part by certain persons sixty-two years of
  age and older or persons with disabilities

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 467-b of the real property tax law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN A CITY OF A POPULATION OF  ONE  MILLION
OR  MORE,  WHERE  THE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HAS BEEN GRANTED A RENT INCREASE
EXEMPTION ORDER THAT IS IN EFFECT AS  OF  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
FIFTEEN  OR  TAKES EFFECT ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN,
THE AMOUNT DETERMINED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  BE  AN
AMOUNT NOT IN EXCESS OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MAXIMUM RENT OR LEGAL
REGULATED  RENT  AND  THE AMOUNT SPECIFIED IN SUCH ORDER, AS ADJUSTED BY
ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph d of subdivision 3 of  section  467-b
of  the real property tax law, as amended by section 1 of chapter 188 of
the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  (3) where the head of the household does not receive a monthly  allow-
ance  for  shelter  pursuant  to  the social services law, the amount by
which the maximum rent or legal regulated rent of the subsequent  dwell-
ing  unit exceeds one-third of the combined income of all members of the
household, EXCEPT THAT THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY TO  A  HEAD  OF
THE  HOUSEHOLD WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED A RENT INCREASE EXEMPTION ORDER THAT
IS IN EFFECT AS OF JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN OR  TAKES  EFFECT
ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11396-08-5
              

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