Assembly Bill A7452

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Expands eligibility for tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by persons with disabilities

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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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2021-A7452 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6260
Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S2952

2021-A7452 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands eligibility for tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by persons with disabilities to include individuals who do not meet the non-medical qualifications for SSDI and SSI but, by reason of the individual's disability, the individual is not able to engage in substantial gainful activity as that term is defined by the federal social security administration.

2021-A7452 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7452
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax  law,  in  relation  to  expanding
   eligibility  for  tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated
   property occupied by persons with disabilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 467-b of the real
 property tax law, as amended by chapter 392 of  the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   a.  To  qualify as a person with a disability for the purposes of this
 section, an individual shall submit  to  the  appropriate  rent  control
 agency  or  administrative  agency:  (1) proof sufficient to such agency
 that such individual is currently receiving (i) social security disabil-
 ity insurance (SSDI), (ii) supplemental security income  (SSI)  benefits
 under the federal social security act, (iii) disability pension or disa-
 bility compensation benefits provided by the United States department of
 veterans  affairs,  (iv)  disability  pension or disability compensation
 benefits provided by the United States  Postal  Service,  or  (v)  those
 previously eligible by virtue of receiving disability benefits under the
 supplemental  security  income program or the social security disability
 program and currently receiving medical  assistance  benefits  based  on
 determination  of disability as provided in section three hundred sixty-
 six of the social services law; OR (2) A CERTIFICATION (I) BY THE  INDI-
 VIDUAL  THAT THE INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT MEET THE NON-MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS
 FOR SSDI AND SSI BUT, BY REASON  OF  THE  INDIVIDUAL'S  DISABILITY,  THE
 INDIVIDUAL  IS  NOT  ABLE  TO ENGAGE IN SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY, AS
 DEFINED IN 20 CFR 404.1572, AND  (II)  BY  THE  INDIVIDUAL'S  HEALTHCARE
 PROVIDER  THAT  THE INDIVIDUAL HAS A SEVERE DISABILITY THAT PREVENTS THE
 INDIVIDUAL FROM ENGAGING IN SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY, AS DEFINED  IN
 20 CFR 404.1572.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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