§ 489-dddddd. Applying for benefits. 1. Application. (a) Application
for benefits pursuant to this title may be made immediately following
the effective date of a local law enacted pursuant to this title and
continuing until March first, two thousand twenty-nine.

(b) Application content. The preliminary and final applications shall
be in any format designated by the commissioner, including electronic
format. The applications shall require, and applicants shall provide,
information and documentation sufficient to determine eligibility for
abatement benefits. The required information and documentation for both
applications shall be prescribed by the department by rule. Such
information and documentation may include, but need not be limited to,
certified statements related to the project, project costs, filings with
other governmental entities, and work performed or to be performed on
such project. At the department's sole discretion, an applicant may be
required to furnish certified statements made by the applicant's
architect or engineer or both.

(c) Compliance. The application shall also state that the applicant
agrees to comply with and be subject to the rules issued from time to
time by the department to secure compliance with all applicable city,
state and federal laws or which implement mayoral directives and
executive orders designed to ensure equal employment opportunity. If
required by local law or rule as described in section four hundred
eighty-nine-kkkkkk of this title, such application shall also state that
the applicant agrees to comply with the program established thereby to
ensure meaningful participation of minority and women-owned business
enterprises in construction work for which the applicant receives
benefits.

(d) Affidavit of no violations. No benefits pursuant to this title
shall be granted for any construction work unless the applicant shall
file with the application, the affidavit required under paragraph (c) of
subdivision five of section four hundred eighty-nine-cccccc of this
title.

(e) Electronic filing of application. The commissioner may, by rule,
require any application for benefits under this title to be submitted
electronically in such form and manner as the commissioner may
determine. For good cause, the commissioner may waive any rule requiring
electronic filing and may permit an application to be filed in another
manner.

2. Fees. The department may provide by rule for reasonable
administrative charges or fees necessary to defray expenses in
administering this benefit program.

3. (a) No benefits pursuant to this title shall be granted for
construction work performed pursuant to a building permit issued after
April first, two thousand twenty-nine.

(b) If no building permit was required, then no benefits pursuant to
this title shall be granted for construction work that is commenced
after April first, two thousand twenty-nine.