Bill Text: NY A01814 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Imposes an additional tax surcharge on certain non-primary residence class one and class two properties in a city with a population of one million or more.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to real property taxation [A01814 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01814-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1814

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GLICK, L. ROSENTHAL, REYES, RIVERA, DINOWITZ,
          JEAN-PIERRE, EPSTEIN, WEPRIN, CRUZ, TAYLOR,  STECK,  FAHY,  BENEDETTO,
          JACOBSON,  SIMON,  BUTTENSCHON, SAYEGH, HUNTER, JOYNER, CARROLL, WOER-
          NER, GUNTHER, RAMOS, JONES, STERN, LUPARDO -- read once  and  referred
          to the Committee on Real Property Taxation

        AN  ACT  to  amend the real property tax law, in relation to imposing an
          additional tax on certain non-primary residence class  one  and  class
          two properties 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:

     1    Section 1. The real property tax  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 307-b to read as follows:
     3    § 307-b. Additional tax on certain non-primary residence properties in
     4  a  city with a population of one million or more. 1. Generally. Notwith-
     5  standing any provision of any general, specific  or  local  law  to  the
     6  contrary,  any  city  with a population of one million or more is hereby
     7  authorized and empowered to adopt and amend  local  laws  in  accordance
     8  with  this  section  imposing  an  additional tax on certain residential
     9  properties and dwelling units.
    10    2. Definitions. As used in this section:  (a) "Assessed  value"  means
    11  the determination made by the assessors of a city having a population of
    12  one million or more of the valuation of real property.
    13    (b)  "Assessed  value  attributable to a tenant-stockholder" means the
    14  proportion of the assessed value of real property owned by a cooperative
    15  apartment corporation, represented by a  tenant-stockholder's  share  or
    16  shares  of  stock  in  such  corporation  as  determined by its or their
    17  proportional relationship to the total outstanding stock of  the  corpo-
    18  ration, including that owned by the corporation.
    19    (c)  "Commissioner  of finance" means the commissioner of finance of a
    20  city having a population of one million or more, or his or her designee.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02952-01-3

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     1    (d) "Department of finance" means the department of finance of a  city
     2  having a population of one million or more.
     3    (e)  "Five-year  average market value" shall mean the average monetary
     4  value of a property for the previous  five  years,  using  a  comparable
     5  sale-based valuation method, as determined by the department of finance.
     6    3.  Additional  tax.  (a) A local law enacted pursuant to this section
     7  may provide for a tax as follows for fiscal years beginning on or  after
     8  July first, two thousand twenty-four:
     9    (i)  For  one, two or three family residences with a five-year average
    10  market value of five million dollars or higher, a tax of at  least  one-
    11  half  percent  and  no more than four percent on the excess market value
    12  above five million dollars.
    13    (ii) For residential real property held in  the  condominium  form  of
    14  ownership  with  an  assessed value of three hundred thousand dollars or
    15  higher, a tax of at least ten percent and  no  more  than  thirteen  and
    16  one-half  percent of the excess assessed value above three hundred thou-
    17  sand dollars.
    18    (iii) For dwelling units in a property held in the cooperative form of
    19  ownership with an assessed value attributable to a tenant-stockholder of
    20  three hundred thousand dollars or higher, a tax of at least ten  percent
    21  and  no  more  than thirteen and one-half percent of the excess assessed
    22  value above three hundred thousand dollars. The additional taxes attrib-
    23  utable to each tenant-stockholder shall  be  added  by  the  cooperative
    24  apartment  corporation  to the amount of such taxes otherwise payable by
    25  or chargeable to such tenant-stockholder.
    26    (b) Subject to the limitations established in paragraph  (a)  of  this
    27  subdivision,  any such local law may establish a graduated rate schedule
    28  for imposing such tax, at rates and excess value thresholds as the local
    29  legislative body determines appropriate.
    30    (c) Except as otherwise provided in this  section,  such  tax  may  be
    31  imposed,  administered,  collected  and  enforced by the commissioner of
    32  finance of such city by such means and in such  manner  as  other  taxes
    33  that  are  now  imposed,  administered,  collected  and enforced by such
    34  commissioner in accordance with the charter or  administrative  code  of
    35  any such city or as otherwise may be provided by any such local law.
    36    4.  Exemptions. (a) A local law enacted pursuant to this section shall
    37  include an exemption from the additional  tax  imposed  for  residential
    38  properties  or  dwelling units that are: (i) the primary residence of at
    39  least one owner of the property or dwelling unit; (ii) the primary resi-
    40  dence of a parent or child of at least one  owner  of  the  property  or
    41  dwelling  unit;  (iii)  held  in  the condominium or cooperative form of
    42  ownership with an assessed value or assessed  value  attributable  to  a
    43  tenant-stockholder  of  three  hundred thousand dollars or higher, where
    44  the owner has within the prior three years obtained an appraisal  report
    45  certified by a state certified real estate appraiser or authenticated by
    46  a  state  licensed  real estate appraiser, as those terms are defined in
    47  section one hundred sixty-a of the executive law, showing that the resi-
    48  dential property or dwelling unit has an appraised value  of  less  than
    49  five million dollars; or (iv) rented on a full-time basis to a tenant or
    50  tenants  for  whom  the property or dwelling unit is their primary resi-
    51  dence.
    52    (b) Proof that a residential property or dwelling unit is eligible for
    53  an exemption provided in paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall  be  in
    54  such  form  as required by local law or the rules of the commissioner of
    55  finance.

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     1    (c) Any such local law may provide for exemptions  from  such  tax  in
     2  addition to those specified in this subdivision.
     3    (d)  In  the  event that a property granted an exemption from taxation
     4  pursuant to this section or local law ceases to  be  used  in  a  manner
     5  making  the  property  eligible  for such exemption, the owner or owners
     6  shall so notify the commissioner of finance in a time, form  and  manner
     7  as so required by local law or the rules of the commissioner.
     8    5.  Rules.  The department of finance of any city enacting a local law
     9  pursuant to this section shall have, in addition to any other functions,
    10  powers and duties which have been or may be conferred on it by law,  the
    11  power  to  make  and  promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of this
    12  section.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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