Assembly Bill A824

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to providing language access services to individuals relating to the tax abatement program

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A824 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10570
2019-2020: A2350
2021-2022: A5935
2023-2024: A8400

2025-A824 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing language access services to individuals relating to the tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities.

2025-A824 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    824
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KIM,  LEVENBERG,  DILAN, DeSTEFANO, REYES --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax  law,  in  relation  to  providing
   language  access services to individuals relating to the tax abatement
   program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated  property  occupied  by
   senior citizens 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 3 of section 467-b of the real property tax law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph j to read as follows:
   J. THE ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TAX  ABATEMENT
 PROGRAM  SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO ENSURE ADEQUATE ACCESS TO
 INFORMATION BY INDIVIDUALS  WHO  HAVE  LIMITED  ENGLISH  PROFICIENCY  OR
 OTHERWISE REQUIRE COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE.  SUCH ENTITY SHALL:
   (1) TRANSLATE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FORMS
 AND  INSTRUCTIONS  PROVIDED TO OR COMPLETED BY THE PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES
 OR PARTICIPANTS, INTO THE SIX MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH  LANGUAGES  SPOKEN
 BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN THE MUNICIPALITY THAT
 OFFERS THIS PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION;
   (2)  OFFER,  UPON  REQUEST, INTERPRETATION SERVICES BETWEEN THE ENTITY
 ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM AND AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S  PRIMARY
 LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF SERVICES OR BENEFITS; AND
   (3)  OFFER, UPON REQUEST OR DEMONSTRATED NEED, SERVICES TO AN INDIVID-
 UAL WHO REQUIRES ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE DUE TO PARTIAL OR TOTAL DEAFNESS,
 BLINDNESS, SPEECH IMPEDIMENT, OR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01863-01-5

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