STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6696 IN SENATE February 5, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to authorize Salt and Sea Mission Church, Inc. to file an appli- cation for exemption from real property taxes and an exemption from water and sewer charges for certain assessment rolls The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 the commissioner of the New York city department of finance is hereby 3 authorized to accept from Salt and Sea Mission Church, Inc., a not-for- 4 profit corporation, an application for exemption from real property 5 taxes pursuant to section 420-a of the real property tax law for the 6 2013 through 2016 assessment rolls, for the parcel owned by such corpo- 7 ration in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, designated as block 8 7185, lot 72 in such borough. If accepted, the application shall be 9 reviewed as if it had been received on or before the taxable status date 10 established for such assessment rolls. 11 If satisfied that such corporation would otherwise be entitled to such 12 exemption if such corporation had filed an application for exemption by 13 the appropriate taxable status date, the commissioner of the New York 14 city department of finance, upon approval by the city council of the 15 city of New York, may grant exemption from all taxation with respect to 16 the subject tax rolls due and owing by such corporation on the effective 17 date of this act and cancel taxes, fines, penalties and interest remain- 18 ing unpaid, and make appropriate correction of the subject assessment 19 rolls. 20 § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the 21 commissioner of the New York city department of environmental protection 22 is hereby authorized to accept from Salt and Sea Mission Church, Inc., a 23 not-for-profit corporation, an application for exemption from water and 24 sewer charges pursuant to section 420-a of the real property tax law for 25 the 2013 through 2016 assessment rolls, for the parcel owned by such 26 corporation in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, designated as 27 block 7185, lot 72 in such borough. If accepted, the application shall EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13735-02-6