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A02490 Summary:
BILL NO | A02490A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S00175-A |
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SPONSOR | McDonald (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Fahy, Gottfried, Otis, Raia, DiPietro, Peoples-Stokes, Woerner, Gunther, Palmesano, Steck, Friend, Morinello, Wallace |
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MLTSPNSR | Cook, Crouch, Hooper, Ramos, Schimminger |
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Amd §§1110 & 1122, add §1111-a, RPT L | |
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Relates to the redemption of real property subject to a delinquent tax lien. |
A02490 Actions:
BILL NO | A02490A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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01/20/2017 | referred to real property taxation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | referred to real property taxation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2018 | amend and recommit to real property taxation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2018 | print number 2490a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2018 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2018 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2018 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2018 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2018 | rules report cal.468 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2018 | ordered to third reading rules cal.468 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2018 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2018 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2018 | REFERRED TO RULES |
A02490 Committee Votes:
Galef | Aye | Tague | Aye | ||||||
McDonald | Aye | Miller | Aye | ||||||
Pichardo | Aye | ||||||||
Dickens | Aye | ||||||||
Barnwell | Aye | ||||||||
Pellegrino | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | ||||||||
Bohen | Aye | ||||||||
Lentol | Aye | Curran | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
Titus | Absent | Garbarino | Aye | ||||||
O'Donnell | Absent | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Oaks | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Walter | Aye | ||||||
Perry | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Curran | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Cahill | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Hooper | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Cusick | Aye | ||||||||
Ortiz | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Rodriguez | Aye | ||||||||
Ramos | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Excused | ||||||||
McDonald | Excused | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Simotas | Excused | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Kolb | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Oaks | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Butler | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Finch | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Hooper | Aye | Raia | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | ||||||||
Cook | Aye | ||||||||
Glick | Aye | ||||||||
Morelle | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Excused | ||||||||
Galef | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Titus | Excused | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
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A02490 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Cook
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pellegrino
Yes
Stec
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Steck
ER
Arroyo
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Stern
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Curran
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Quart
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barrett
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Ra
Yes
Titone
Yes
Barron
Yes
DenDekker
ER
Hikind
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Titus
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Walker
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Bohen
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walter
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
ER
Epstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Williams
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Espinal
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Butler
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Simon
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Colton
ER
Gantt
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Solages
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A02490 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2490--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 20, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, FAHY, GOTTFRIED, OTIS, RAIA, DiPIETRO, PEOPLES-STOKES, WOERNER, GUNTHER, PALMESANO, STECK, FRIEND, MORINELLO, WALLACE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, CROUCH, HOOPER, RAMOS, SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Proper- ty Taxation -- recommitted to the Committee on Real Property Taxation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the redemption of real property subject to a delinquent tax lien The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1110 of the real property tax law, 2 as amended by chapter 532 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 2. The redemption period shall expire two years after lien date, 5 except that a tax district may increase the redemption period for resi- 6 dential or farm property in the manner provided by section eleven 7 hundred eleven of this article, or a tax district may reduce the redemp- 8 tion period for residential vacant and abandoned property to one year in 9 the manner provided the property has been placed on a vacant and aban- 10 doned roll, or registry or list prior to the date on which taxes become 11 delinquent in the local municipality, pursuant to section eleven hundred 12 eleven a of this article. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the notice 13 published pursuant to section eleven hundred twenty-four of this article 14 specifies a later date for the expiration of the redemption period, the 15 redemption period shall expire on the date so specified. 16 § 2. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new section 17 1111-a to read as follows: 18 § 1111-a. Expedited foreclosure proceedings for vacant and abandoned 19 residential real property. 1. Finding of vacancy and abandonment by EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04386-04-8A. 2490--A 2 1 affidavit. Except in cities with a population of one million or more, 2 an enforcing officer or his or her agent may determine that a residen- 3 tial real property is vacant and abandoned under this section. Such 4 property may be subject to a redemption period of one year, only if the 5 enforcing officer or his or her agent makes an affidavit to that effect 6 and the property has been placed on a local municipal roll, registry or 7 list of vacant and abandoned property maintained by the taxing munici- 8 pality. 9 2. (a) For purposes of this section: 10 (i) "enforcing officer" shall mean the person employed by the munici- 11 pality to enforce state and local land use regulations such as the New 12 York State Property Maintenance Code or the New York State Uniform and 13 Fire Prevention and Building Code, or his or her agent; and 14 (ii) "roll" includes a roll, registry or list. 15 (b) The enforcing officer or his or her agent must conduct at least 16 three consecutive inspections of residential real property believed to 17 be vacant and abandoned, with each inspection occurring at least forty- 18 five days apart and at different times of the day. The enforcing officer 19 must include in his or her affidavit the dates and times of inspections 20 and a statement that each inspection reasonably indicated that no occu- 21 pant was present, that evidence of occupancy on the property did not 22 exist and there were no indications that any persons are residing there. 23 (c)(1) For purposes of this subdivision, the "evidence of abandonment" 24 that the enforcing officer or his or her agent considers during such 25 consecutive inspections shall include but not be limited to any of the 26 following conditions: (i) overgrown or dead vegetation; (ii) accumu- 27 lation of newspapers, circulars, flyers or mail; (iii) past due utility 28 notices, disconnected utilities, or utilities not in use; (iv) accumu- 29 lation of trash refuse or other debris; (v) absence of window coverings 30 such as curtains, blinds, or shutters; (vi) one or more boarded, missing 31 or broken windows; (vii) the property is open to casual entry or tres- 32 pass; or (viii) the property has a building or structure that is or 33 appears structurally unsound or has any other condition that presents a 34 potential hazard or danger to the safety of persons. At least three 35 separate reasonable indications of abandonment are required for a deter- 36 mination of abandonment by the enforcing officer or his or her agent 37 observed on each of his or her consecutive inspections made pursuant to 38 paragraph (b) of this subdivision. All indications relied on shall be 39 included in the affidavit along with the dates and times observed. 40 (2) Residential real property shall not be deemed vacant and/or aban- 41 doned where such property is: (i) an unoccupied building which is under- 42 going construction, renovation or rehabilitation that is proceeding to 43 completion, and the building is in compliance with all applicable ordi- 44 nances, codes, regulations and statutes; (ii) a building occupied on a 45 seasonal basis; (iii) a building that is the subject of a probate 46 action, action to quiet title, or other similar ownership dispute; (iv) 47 a building damaged by a natural disaster and one or more owner intends 48 to repair and reoccupy the property; or (v) occupied by the taxpayer, a 49 relative of the taxpayer or a tenant lawfully in possession. 50 (d) The affidavit required by this subdivision shall include language 51 indicating the enforcing officer or his or her agent in his or her 52 professional opinion has made a determination that the property is 53 vacant and abandoned. Such affidavit shall be accompanied by all of the 54 supporting documentation. 55 3. (a) The affidavit described in subdivision two of this section, 56 along with all supporting documentation, shall be served on the propertyA. 2490--A 3 1 owner or owners pursuant to section three hundred eight of the civil 2 practice law and rules within one week of having the enforcing officer's 3 or his or her agent's signature affixed to it. 4 (b) The affidavit and copies of all supporting documentation shall be 5 filed with the clerk of the town, village, or city in which the real 6 property is located within one week of having the enforcing officer's or 7 his or her agent's signature affixed to it. 8 4. (a) All taxing localities may maintain a roll of vacant and aban- 9 doned properties. Such roll must include the tax identification number 10 of the lot, the known legal owners of the property, the date of the 11 finding of vacant and abandonment pursuant to the enforcing officer's or 12 his or her agent's affidavit, and any other information the municipality 13 deems necessary. 14 (b) Upon the placement of any property or lot on the roll, the clerk 15 of the town, village or city in which the real property is located shall 16 serve notice on the property owner or owners, pursuant to section three 17 hundred eight of the civil practice law and rules, that the property has 18 been placed on the roll and the property may be subject to a reduced 19 redemption period of one year if delinquent taxes become owing. 20 (c) The roll of vacant and abandoned properties shall be made avail- 21 able to the public. 22 5. Any person or persons, jointly or severably aggrieved under this 23 section may apply to the supreme court for review by proceeding under 24 article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules. Such proceed- 25 ing must be instituted within four months of service of notice on the 26 property owner. 27 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 1122 of the real property tax law, as 28 amended by chapter 532 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 2. (a) In a tax district which has extended the redemption period for 31 residential or farm property to three or four years, there may be sepa- 32 rate lists for property identified as residential or farm property and 33 for other property. 34 (b) In a tax district which has roll or registry for vacant and aban- 35 doned real property pursuant to section eleven hundred eleven-a of this 36 article there may be a separate roll, registry or list for property 37 identified as vacant and abandoned real property. 38 (c) In a tax district having a population of fifty thousand or more 39 according to the latest federal census, there may be a separate list for 40 each existing geographical area such as a city, town, village, ward, 41 section or other appropriate area bounded or defined by law. 42 § 4. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2020. Effective imme- 43 diately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation 44 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 45 authorized to be made on or before such date.