Bill Text: NY S02952 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO AGING [S02952 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02952-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2952

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed 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:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 467-b of  the  real
     2  property  tax  law,  as  amended  by chapter 392 of the laws of 2016, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    a. To qualify as a person with a disability for the purposes  of  this
     5  section,  an  individual  shall  submit  to the appropriate rent control
     6  agency or administrative agency: (1) proof  sufficient  to  such  agency
     7  that such individual is currently receiving (i) social security disabil-
     8  ity  insurance  (SSDI), (ii) supplemental security income (SSI) benefits
     9  under the federal social security act, (iii) disability pension or disa-
    10  bility compensation benefits provided by the United States department of
    11  veterans affairs, (iv) disability  pension  or  disability  compensation
    12  benefits  provided  by  the  United  States Postal Service, or (v) those
    13  previously eligible by virtue of receiving disability benefits under the
    14  supplemental security income program or the social  security  disability
    15  program  and  currently  receiving  medical assistance benefits based on
    16  determination of disability as provided in section three hundred  sixty-
    17  six  of the social services law; or (2) a certification (i) by the indi-
    18  vidual that the individual does not meet the non-medical  qualifications
    19  for  SSDI  and  SSI  but,  by reason of the individual's disability, the
    20  individual is not able to engage in  substantial  gainful  activity,  as
    21  defined  in  20  CFR  404.1572,  and (ii) by the individual's healthcare
    22  provider that the individual has a severe disability that  prevents  the
    23  individual  from engaging in substantial gainful activity, as defined in
    24  20 CFR 404.1572.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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