STATE OF NEW YORK
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4408--A
2007-2008 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2007
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Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ, LENTOL, GOTTFRIED, GREENE, PERALTA,
ESPAILLAT, BING, ROSENTHAL, YOUNG, JACOBS, WRIGHT, JEFFRIES -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, AUBRY, BENEDETTO, BENJAMIN,
BROOK-KRASNY, CAHILL, CAMARA, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, CUSICK, CYMBROWITZ,
L. DIAZ, R. DIAZ, FARRELL, GIANARIS, GLICK, D. GORDON, HEASTIE, HEVE-
SI, HIKIND, HYER-SPENCER, KAVANAGH, LAFAYETTE, LANCMAN, MAISEL, MAYER-
SOHN, MILLMAN, NOLAN, ORTIZ, PERRY, PHEFFER, POWELL, REILLY,
J. RIVERA, P. RIVERA, ROBINSON, SEMINERIO, TITUS, TOWNS -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation -- reported
and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- 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 exemption of
new multiple dwellings from local taxation; and in relation to addi-
tional eligibility limitations on exemptions of new multiple dwellings
from local taxation
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of item (A) of subparagraph (iv) of
2 paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 421-a of the real property tax
3 law, as amended by chapter 349 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read
4 as follows:
5 Unless excluded by local law, in the city of New York, the benefits of
6 this subparagraph shall be available in the borough of Manhattan for new
7 multiple dwellings on tax lots now existing or hereafter created south
8 of or adjacent to either side of one hundred tenth street which commence
9 construction after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-two and before
10 December [thirty-first] twenty-eighth, two thousand [seven] ten only if:
11 § 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section
12 421-a of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 349 of the
13 laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (ii) construction is commenced after January first, nineteen hundred
2 seventy-five and before December [thirty-first] twenty-eighth, two thou-
3 sand [seven] ten provided, however, that such commencement period shall
4 not apply to multiple dwellings eligible for benefits under subparagraph
5 (iv) of paragraph (a) of this subdivision;
6 § 3. Section 421-a of the real property tax law is amended by adding
7 nine new subdivisions 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15 to read as follows:
8 7. (a) For the purposes of this subdivision:
9 (i) "affordable units" shall mean units which meet either of the two
10 affordability requirements set forth in paragraph (b) of this subdivi-
11 sion.
12 (ii) "geographic exclusion areas" shall mean:
13 (A) areas described in subdivision eleven of this section,
14 (B) in the borough of Manhattan tax lots now existing or hereafter
15 created south of or adjacent to either side of one hundred tenth street,
16 and
17 (C) areas made ineligible for the benefits of this section:
18 (1) as set forth in section 11-245 of the administrative code of the
19 city of New York on the effective date of this subdivision, notwith-
20 standing any exceptions to ineligibility contained in such local law for
21 certain types of projects in such areas,
22 (2) as set forth in local law number fifty-eight of the city of New
23 York for the year two thousand six, notwithstanding any exceptions to
24 ineligibility contained in such local law for certain types of projects
25 in such areas and notwithstanding the effective date of such law, and
26 (3) by local law after the effective date of this subdivision.
27 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or any local law to
28 the contrary, the benefits of this section shall not be available for
29 new multiple dwellings located in a geographic exclusion area which
30 commence construction after December twenty-eighth, two thousand seven
31 unless they comply with the provisions of this subdivision for 40 years
32 from completion of construction of the building receiving benefits
33 pursuant to this section.
34 (c)(i) Not less than twenty percent of the units in the multiple
35 dwelling must, upon the initial rental of the units and upon all subse-
36 quent rentals of the units after a vacancy, be affordable to and occu-
37 pied or available for occupancy by individuals or families whose incomes
38 at the time of initial occupancy do not exceed sixty percent of the area
39 median incomes adjusted for family size or (ii) if the construction of
40 such building is carried out with substantial assistance of grants,
41 loans or subsidies from any federal, state or local agency or instrumen-
42 tality and such assistance is provided pursuant to a program for the
43 development of affordable housing which the local housing agency finds
44 that such program provides opportunities for affordable housing compara-
45 ble to the affordable requirements set forth in subparagraph (i) of this
46 paragraph.
47 (d) Unless preempted by federal requirements:
48 (i) all affordable units must have a comparable number of bedrooms as
49 market rate units and a unit mix proportional to the market rate units,
50 or at least fifty percent of the affordable units must have two or more
51 bedrooms and no more than fifty percent of the remaining units can be
52 smaller than one bedroom; and
53 (ii) residents of the community board where the multiple dwelling
54 which receives the benefits provided in this section is located shall
55 have priority for the purchase or rental of fifty percent of the afford-
56 able units.
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1 (e) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary affordable
2 units must remain as rent stabilized units for forty years from
3 completion of construction provided that tenants holding a lease and in
4 occupancy at the expiration of the rent stabilization period shall have
5 the right to remain as rent stabilized tenants for the duration of their
6 occupancy.
7 (f) All affordable units must be situated onsite. For the purposes of
8 this section, "onsite" shall mean that affordable units shall be situ-
9 ated within the building or buildings for which benefits pursuant to
10 this section are being granted.
11 (g) The limitations on eligibility for benefits contained in this
12 subdivision shall be in addition to those contained in this section and
13 in any other law or regulation.
14 8. (a) As used in this subdivision, the following terms shall have the
15 following meanings:
16 (i) "Building service employee" means any person who is regularly
17 employed at a building who performs work in connection with the care or
18 maintenance of such building. "Building service employee" includes, but
19 is not limited to watchman, guard, doorman, building cleaner, porter,
20 handyman, janitor, gardener, groundskeeper, elevator operator and start-
21 er, and window cleaner.
22 (ii) "Prevailing wage" means the wage determined by the fiscal officer
23 to be prevailing for the various classes of building service employees
24 in the locality pursuant to section two hundred thirty of the labor law.
25 (b) No benefits under this section shall be conferred for any
26 construction commenced on or after December twenty-eighth, two thousand
27 seven for any tax lots now existing or hereafter created except where
28 the applicant agrees that all building service employees employed at the
29 building, whether employed directly by the applicant or its successors,
30 or through a property management company or a contractor, shall receive
31 the applicable prevailing wage for the duration of the building's tax
32 exemption.
33 (c) The limitations contained in paragraph (b) of this subdivision
34 shall not be applicable to:
35 (i) projects containing less than fifty dwelling units; or
36 (ii) buildings where the local housing agency certifies that at
37 initial occupancy at least fifty percent of the dwelling units are
38 affordable to individuals or families with a gross household income at
39 or below one hundred twenty-five percent of the area median income and
40 that such units will be subject to restrictions to insure that they will
41 remain affordable for the entire period during which they receive bene-
42 fits under this section.
43 (d) The local hiousing agency shall prescribe appropriate sanctions
44 for failure to comply with the provisions of this subdivison.
45 (e) For purposes of paragraph (b) of this subdivision, construction
46 shall be deemed to have commenced when excavation or alteration has
47 begun in good faith on the basis of approved construction plans.
48 (f) The limitations on eligibility for benefits contained in this
49 subdivision shall be in addition to those contained in any other law or
50 regulation.
51 9. (a) As used in this subdivision, the following terms shall have the
52 following meanings:
53 (i) "Residential tax lot" shall mean a tax lot that contains dwelling
54 units.
55 (ii) "Non-residential tax lot" shall mean a tax lot that does not
56 contain any dwelling units.
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1 (iii) "Annual limit" shall mean sixty-five thousand dollars, which
2 amount shall be increased by three percent, compounded annually, on each
3 taxable status date following the first anniversary of the effective
4 date of this subdivision.
5 (iv) "Certificate of occupancy" shall mean the first certificate of
6 occupancy covering all residential areas of the building on or contain-
7 ing a tax lot.
8 (v) "Unit count" shall mean:
9 (A) in the case of a residential tax lot that does not contain any
10 commercial, community facility or accessory use space, the number of
11 dwelling units in such tax lot, and
12 (B) in the case of a residential tax lot that contains commercial,
13 community facility or accessory use space, the number of dwelling units
14 in such tax lot plus one.
15 (vi) "Exemption cap" shall mean the unit count multiplied by the annu-
16 al limit.
17 (b) The provisions of this subdivision shall apply only to projects
18 that commence construction on or after December twenty-eighth, two thou-
19 sand seven.
20 (c) The portion of the assessed valuation of any residential tax lot
21 exempted from real property taxation in any year pursuant to this
22 section shall not exceed the exemption cap on or after the first taxable
23 status date after the building on or containing such tax lot receives
24 its certificate of occupancy, unless, it is located in a geographic
25 exlusion area as defined in subdivision seven of this section and
26 complies with the provisions of such subdivision. The portion of the
27 assessed valuation of all non-residential tax lots in the building on or
28 containing such non-residential tax lots exempted from real property
29 taxation in any year pursuant to this section shall not exceed a cumula-
30 tive total equal to the annual limit on or after the first taxable
31 status date after the building on or containing such non-residential tax
32 lots receives its certificate of occupancy. A dwelling unkit that is
33 located in two or more tax lots shall be ineligible to recieve any bene-
34 fits under this section.
35 10. (a) The local housing agency shall implement procedures to insure
36 that affordable units created pursuant to this section, or units which
37 are required to be occupied by persons or families who meet specified
38 income limits pursuant to the provisions of a local law enacted pursuant
39 to this section, continue to be affordable as required by the provisions
40 of this section or such local law, and that units made subject to rent
41 stabilization remain subject thereto as required by the provisions of
42 this section. Such procedures shall include but shall not be limited to
43 the following:
44 (i) all rent stabilization registrations required to be filed on or
45 after January first, two thousand eight shall contain a designation
46 which identifies all units that are subject to the provisions of this
47 section as "421-a units" and specifically identifies affordable units
48 created pursuant to this section and units which are required to be
49 occupied by persons or families who meet specified income limits pursu-
50 ant to the provisions of a local law enacted pursuant to this section as
51 "421-a affordable units" and shall contain an explanation of the
52 requirements that apply to all such units;
53 (ii) the division of housing and community renewal shall monitor and
54 enforce compliance with the filing requirements of this section;
55 (iii) the local housing agency shall create a report which, at a mini-
56 mum, contains the following information for every building which
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1 receives benefits pursuant to this section: address, commencement and
2 termination date of the benefits, total number of residential units,
3 number of "421-a units" and number of "421-a affordable units", apart-
4 ment number or other designation of such units and the rent for each of
5 such units. The local housing agency with the cooperation of the divi-
6 sion of housing and community renewal shall maintain, and update such
7 report no less than annually, with information secured from annual
8 registrations. Such reports shall be available for public inspection in
9 a form that assigns a unique designation to each unit other than its
10 actual apartment number to maintain the privacy of such information; and
11 (iv) the local housing agency shall monitor any change in such infor-
12 mation, shall investigate any such changes which indicate a failure to
13 comply with the provisions of this section, and shall take appropriate
14 action based on its findings.
15 (b) Failure to comply with the provisions of this section which
16 require the creation and maintenance of affordable units pursuant to
17 this section, or units which are required to be occupied by persons or
18 families who meet specified income limits pursuant to the provisions of
19 a local law enacted pursuant to this section, at any time during the
20 duration of the building's tax exemption shall result in revocation of
21 any benefits under this section for the period of such non-compliance.
22 If an on-going pattern of non-compliance is found to exist, such bene-
23 fits may be revoked from their inception.
24 (c) The provisions of this subdivision relating to enforcement of the
25 provisions of this section shall be in addition to any other provisions
26 contained in this section or any other law.
27 11. Additional geographic exclusion areas:
28 (a) Any tax lots now existing or hereafter created which are located
29 entirely within the geographic area in the borough of Brooklyn bounded
30 and described as follows:
31 (i) In the County of Kings, Beginning at a point where Warwick Street
32 meets Belmont Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Jerome
33 Street, thence southerly along said street to Sutter Avenue, thence
34 westerly on said avenue to Barbey Street, thence northerly along said
35 street to Belmont Avenue, thence westerly on said avenue to New Jersey
36 Avenue, thence southerly on said avenue to Sutter Avenue, thence wester-
37 ly on said avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue, thence northerly on said
38 avenue to Belmont Avenue, thence westerly on said avenue to Sheffield
39 Avenue, thence southerly on said avenue to Sutter Avenue, thence wester-
40 ly on said avenue to Snediker Avenue, thence northerly on said avenue to
41 William's Place, thence northerly on said place to Fulton Street, thence
42 easterly on said street to Jamaica Avenue, thence easterly on said
43 avenue to Van Siclen Avenue, thence southerly on said avenue to Arling-
44 ton Avenue, thence easterly on said avenue to Warwick Street, thence
45 southerly on said street to Atlantic Avenue, thence westerly on said
46 avenue to Jerome Street, thence southerly on said street to Liberty
47 Avenue, thence easterly on said avenue to Warwick Street, thence south-
48 erly along said street to its intersection with Belmont Avenue, the
49 point of beginning.
50 (ii) In the County of Kings, Beginning at a point where Bushwick
51 Avenue meets with Stewart Street, thence southwesterly on said street to
52 Broadway, thence southeasterly on Broadway to Conway Street, thence
53 southwesterly on said street to Truxton Street, thence westerly on said
54 street to Sackman Street, thence southerly on said street to Atlantic
55 Avenue, thence westerly on said avenue to Howard Avenue, thence norther-
56 ly on said avenue to MacDougal Street, thence westerly on said street to
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1 Fulton Street, thence westerly on said street to Patchen Avenue, thence
2 northerly on said avenue to Hancock Street, thence easterly on said
3 street to Saratoga Avenue, thence northerly on said avenue to a point
4 midway between Hancock Street and Jefferson Avenue, thence easterly
5 along the line extended to the northern intersection of Broadway and
6 Hancock Street, thence northerly along Hancock Street to Bushwick
7 Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to its intersection with
8 Stewart Street, the point of beginning.
9 (iii) In the County of Kings, Beginning at a point where Prospect
10 Place meets Ralph Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Sutter
11 Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to east 98th Street, thence
12 southeasterly along said street to Rutland Road, thence southwesterly
13 along said road to East 92nd Street, thence northwesterly along said
14 street to East New York Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to
15 Lefferts Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Utica Avenue,
16 thence northerly along said avenue to Lincoln Place, thence easterly on
17 said place to Rochester Avenue, thence northerly on said avenue to St.
18 Mark's Avenue thence easterly on St. Mark's Avenue to Buffalo Avenue,
19 thence southerly on said avenue to Prospect Place, thence westerly along
20 said place towards intersection with Ralph Avenue, the point of begin-
21 ning.
22 (iv) In the County of Kings, Beginning at a point where Nostrand
23 Avenue meets Dean Street, thence westerly along said street to Rogers
24 Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Bergen Street, thence
25 westerly along said street to Bedford Avenue, thence southerly along
26 said avenue to St. Mark's Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to
27 Rogers Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Crown Street,
28 thence easterly along said street to Nostrand Avenue, thence southerly
29 along said avenue to Sterling Street, thence westerly along said street
30 to Bedford Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Lefferts
31 Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Washington Avenue, thence
32 southerly along said avenue to Flatbush Avenue, thence along said avenue
33 to Parkside Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Ocean Avenue,
34 thence northerly along said avenue to Flatbush Avenue, thence along said
35 avenue to Plaza Street East, thence along said street to St. John's
36 Place, thence easterly along said place to Underhill Avenue, thence
37 northerly along said avenue to Prospect Place, thence westerly along
38 said place to Carlton Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to
39 Flatbush Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Park Place,
40 thence westerly along said place to 6th Avenue, thence northerly along
41 said avenue to Bergen Street, thence westerly along said street to 5th
42 Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Warren Street, thence
43 westerly along said street to 4th Avenue, thence northerly along said
44 avenue to Bergen Street, thence westerly along said street to 3rd
45 Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Dean Street, thence east-
46 erly along said street to 4th Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue
47 to Atlantic Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Flatbush
48 Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Fulton Street, thence
49 westerly along said street to Hanover Place, thence southerly along said
50 place to Livingston Street, thence westerly along said street to Bond
51 Street, thence northerly along said street to Fulton Street, thence
52 westerly along said street to Bridge Street, thence northerly along said
53 street to Willoughby Street, thence westerly along said street to
54 Lawrence Street, thence southerly along said street to Fulton Street,
55 thence westerly along said street to Jay Street, thence northerly along
56 said street to Prospect Street, thence easterly along said street to
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1 Bridge Street, thence northerly along said street to York Street, thence
2 easterly along said street to Navy Street, thence southerly along said
3 street to Ashland Place, thence along said place to Dekalb Avenue,
4 thence easterly along said avenue to Adelphi Street, thence southerly
5 along said street to Lafayette Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue
6 to Clermont Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Dekalb Avenue,
7 thence easterly along said avenue to Clinton Avenue, thence northerly
8 along said avenue to Willoughby Avenue, thence easterly along said
9 avenue to Hall Street, thence northerly along said street to Myrtle
10 Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Emerson Place, thence
11 southerly along said place to southern border of Pratt Institute parking
12 lot, thence westerly along said border to a line extended southerly from
13 Grand Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Dekalb Avenue,
14 thence easterly along said avenue to Classon Avenue, thence northerly
15 along said avenue to Willoughby Avenue, thence easterly along said
16 avenue to Taaffe Place, thence southerly along said place to Dekalb
17 Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Kent Avenue, thence north-
18 erly along said avenue to Willoughby Avenue, thence easterly along said
19 avenue to Franklin Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Lafay-
20 ette Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Nostrand Avenue,
21 thence southerly along said avenue to its intersection with Dean Street,
22 the point of beginning.
23 (v) In the County of Kings, Beginning at a point where Ruby Street
24 (Kings/Queens county line) meets Pitkin Avenue, thence westerly along
25 said avenue to North Conduit Boulevard, thence northwesterly along said
26 boulevard to Autumn Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Glen-
27 more Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to South Conduit Boule-
28 vard, thence easterly along said boulevard to Hemlock Street, thence
29 southerly along said street to Pitkin Avenue, thence westerly along said
30 avenue to Crystal Street, thence southerly along said street to Belmont
31 Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Milford Street, thence
32 southerly along said street to Sutter Avenue, thence westerly along said
33 avenue to Montauk Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Belmont
34 Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Shepherd Avenue, thence
35 northerly along said avenue to Pitkin Avenue, thence westerly along said
36 avenue to Essex Street, thence southerly along said street to Belmont
37 Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Warwick Street, thence
38 northerly along said street to Liberty Avenue, thence westerly along
39 said avenue to Jerome Street, thence northerly along said street to
40 Atlantic Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Warwick Street,
41 thence northerly along said street to Arlington Avenue, thence westerly
42 along said avenue to Van Siclen Avenue, thence northerly along said
43 avenue to Jamaica Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Broadway,
44 thence westerly along Broadway to Fulton Street, thence westerly along
45 said street to Sackman Street, thence northerly along said street to
46 Truxton Street, thence easterly along said street to Conway Street,
47 thence northerly along said street to Broadway, thence westerly along
48 Broadway to Stewart Street, thence northerly along said street to Bush-
49 wick Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Kosciusko Street,
50 thence westerly along said street to Stuyvesant Avenue, thence northerly
51 along said avenue to Dekalb Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to
52 Marcy Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Park Avenue, thence
53 easterly along said avenue to Broadway, thence southerly along Broadway
54 to Lewis Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Stockton Street,
55 thence easterly along said street to Broadway, thence southerly along
56 Broadway to Melrose Street, thence northerly along said street to Stan-
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1 wix Street, thence southerly along said street to Jefferson Street,
2 thence westerly along said street to Bushwick Avenue, thence southerly
3 along said avenue to Dekalb Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue
4 to Evergreen Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Stockholm
5 Street, thence northerly along said street to Central Avenue, thence
6 easterly along said avenue to Woodbine Street, thence northerly along
7 said street to Ridgewood Place, thence westerly along said place to
8 Palmetto Street, thence northerly along said street to Wyckoff Avenue
9 (Kings/Queens county line), thence following Kings/Queens county line to
10 Ruby Street (Kings/Queens county line), thence southerly along said
11 street to its intersection with Pitkin Avenue, the point of beginning.
12 (vi) In the County of Kings, Beginning at a point where St. Nichols
13 Avenue (Kings/Queens county line) meets Gates Avenue (Kings/Queens coun-
14 ty line), thence southerly along said avenue to Wykoff Avenue
15 (Kings/Queens county line), thence easterly along said avenue to Palmet-
16 to Street, thence southerly along said street to Ridgewood Place, thence
17 easterly along said place to Woodbine Street, thence southerly along
18 said street to Central Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to
19 Stockholm Street, thence southerly along said street to Evergreen
20 Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Dekalb Avenue, thence
21 southerly along said avenue to Bushwick Avenue, thence westerly along
22 said avenue to Jefferson Street, thence easterly along said street to
23 Stanwix Street, thence northerly along said street to Melrose Street,
24 thence westerly along said street to Broadway, thence along Broadway to
25 Stockton Street, thence along said street to Lewis Avenue, thence north-
26 erly along said avenue to Broadway, thence westerly along Broadway to
27 Park Avenue, thence along said avenue to Marcy Avenue, thence northerly
28 along said avenue to Hopkins Street, thence easterly along said street
29 to Tompkins Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Harrison
30 Avenue, thence westerly along said Avenue to Middleton Street, thence
31 easterly along said street to Broadway, thence westerly along Broadway
32 to Boerum Street, thence easterly along said street to Lorimer Street,
33 thence northerly along said street to Montrose Avenue, thence westerly
34 along said avenue to Broadway, thence along said road to I-278, thence
35 northerly along said interstate to South 5th Street, thence westerly
36 along said street to Bedford Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue
37 to South 6th Street, thence westerly along said street to Berry Street,
38 thence northerly along said street to North 1st Street, thence easterly
39 along said street to Driggs Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue
40 to Fillmore Place, thence easterly along said place to Roebling Street,
41 thence northerly along said street to Hope Street, thence easterly along
42 said street to Havemeyer Street, thence northerly along said street to
43 Metropolitan Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Havemeyer
44 Street, thence northerly along said street to North 6th Street, thence
45 easterly along said street to Meeker Avenue, thence westerly along said
46 avenue to Metropolitan Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to
47 Rodney Street, thence southerly along said street to Ainslie Street,
48 thence easterly along said street to Union Avenue, thence northerly
49 along said avenue to Conselyea Street, thence easterly along said street
50 to Manhattan Avenue, thence southerly along said street to Metropolitan
51 Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Maspeth Avenue, thence
52 northerly along said avenue to Woodpoint Road, thence along said road to
53 Conselyea Street, thence westerly along said street to Humbolt Street,
54 thence northerly along said street to Skillman Avenue, then easterly
55 along said avenue to Woodpoint Road, thence northerly along said road to
56 Jackson Street, thence easterly along said street to Kingsland Avenue,
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1 thence northerly along said avenue to Withers Street, thence westerly
2 along said street to Woodpoint Road, thence northerly along said road to
3 Kingsland Avenue, thence along said avenue to Division Place, thence
4 easterly along said place to Debevoise Avenue, thence northerly along
5 said avenue to Beadel Street, thence westerly along said street to
6 Kingsland Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to I-278, thence
7 easterly along said interstate to Sutton Street, thence northerly along
8 said street to Driggs Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Meek-
9 er Avenue, thence along said avenue to Hausman Street, thence northerly
10 along said street to Nassau Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to
11 Vandam Street, thence southerly along said street to Meeker Avenue,
12 thence easterly along said avenue to Kings/Queens county line, thence
13 southeasterly along said line to where St. Nichols Avenue meets Gates
14 Avenue, the point of beginning.
15 (vii) In the County of Kings, Beginning at a point where Bedford
16 Avenue meets Bergen Street, thence easterly along said street to New
17 York Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Pacific Street,
18 thence easterly along said street to Brooklyn Avenue, thence southerly
19 along said avenue to Dean Street, thence easterly along said street to
20 Kingston Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Sterling Place,
21 thence easterly along said place to Hampton Place, thence southerly
22 along said place to St. John's Place, thence westerly along said place
23 to Kingston Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Lincoln Place,
24 thence easterly along said place to Albany Avenue, thence southerly
25 along said avenue to Eastern Parkway, thence easterly along said parkway
26 to Schenectady Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Union
27 Street, thence easterly along said street to Utica Avenue, thence south-
28 erly along said avenue to Empire Boulevard, thence westerly along said
29 boulevard to Nostrand Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to
30 Crown Street, thence westerly along said street to Rogers Avenue, thence
31 northerly along said avenue to St. Mark's Avenue, thence westerly along
32 said avenue to Bedford Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to
33 Bergen Street, the point of beginning.
34 (viii) In the County of Kings, Beginning at a point where Prospect
35 Place meets Underhill Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to St.
36 John's Place, thence westerly along said place to Plaza Street East,
37 thence southerly along said street to Plaza Street West, thence westerly
38 along said street to Parade Place, thence along said place to Prospect
39 Park West, thence southerly along said Part West to 4th Street, thence
40 westerly along said street to 8th Avenue, thence northerly along said
41 avenue to 2nd Street, thence westerly along said street to 7th Avenue,
42 thence southerly along said avenue to 4th Street, thence westerly along
43 said street to 6th Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to 5th
44 Street, thence westerly along said street to 5th Avenue, thence souther-
45 ly along said avenue to 8th Street, thence easterly along said street to
46 6th Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to 9th Street, thence
47 westerly along said street to 5th Avenue, thence southerly along said
48 avenue to 11th Street, thence easterly along said street to 6th Avenue,
49 thence southerly along said avenue to 14th Street, thence easterly along
50 said street to 7th Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to 17th
51 Street, thence westerly along said street to Calder Place, thence north-
52 erly along said place to Prospect Avenue, thence westerly along said
53 avenue to Webster Place, thence northerly along said place to 16th
54 Street, thence westerly along said street to 6th Avenue, thence souther-
55 ly along said avenue to Prospect Expressway, thence westerly along said
56 expressway to 5th Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to 17th
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1 Street, thence westerly along said street to 4th Avenue, thence norther-
2 ly along said avenue to 16th Street, thence westerly along said street
3 to Hamilton Avenue, thence along said avenue to 15th Street, thence
4 easterly along said street to 2nd Avenue, thence northerly along said
5 avenue to 14th Street, thence westerly along said street to Hamilton
6 Place, thence northerly along said place to 12th Street, thence westerly
7 along said street to a line extended from 12th Street to the banks of
8 the Gowanus Canal, thence southerly along said canal to Hamilton Avenue,
9 thence northerly along said avenue to Smith Street, thence along said
10 street to West 9th Street, thence westerly along said street to I-278,
11 thence northerly along said interstate to Huntington Street, thence
12 westerly along said street to Hamilton Avenue, thence northerly along
13 said avenue to Luquer Street, thence westerly along said street to
14 Columbia Street, thence southerly along said street to Commerce Street,
15 thence westerly along said street to Richards Street, thence northerly
16 along said street to Hamilton Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue
17 to Bowne Street, thence along said street to Van Brunt Street, thence
18 southerly along said street to Verona Street, thence northerly along
19 said street to Imlay Street, thence southerly along said street to
20 Pioneer Street, thence westerly along said street to the East River
21 (Kings/New York county line), thence northerly along said county line to
22 the western border of the U.S. Navy Yard Basin, thence southerly along
23 said border to a line extended from the eastern-most end of York Street,
24 thence westerly along said line extended to York Street, thence westerly
25 along said street to Bridge Street, thence southerly along said street
26 to Prospect Street, thence westerly along said street to Jay Street,
27 thence southerly along said street to Fulton Street, thence easterly
28 along said street to Lawrence Street, thence northerly along said street
29 to Willoughby Street, thence easterly along said street to Bridge
30 Street, thence southerly along said street to Fulton Street, thence
31 easterly along said street to Bond Street, thence southerly along said
32 street to Livingston Street, thence easterly along said street to
33 Hanover Place, thence northerly along said place to Fulton Street,
34 thence easterly along said street to Flatbush Avenue, thence southerly
35 along said avenue to Atlantic Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue
36 to 4th Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Dean Street, thence
37 westerly along said street to 3rd Avenue, thence southerly along said
38 avenue to Bergen Street, thence easterly along said street to 4th
39 Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Warren Street, thence
40 easterly along said street to 5th Avenue, thence northerly along said
41 avenue to Bergen Street, thence easterly along said street to 6th
42 Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Park Place, thence easter-
43 ly along said place to Flatbush Avenue, thence southerly along said
44 avenue to Carlton Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Prospect
45 Place, thence easterly along said place to its intersection with Under-
46 hill Avenue, the point of beginning.
47 (ix) In the County of Kings, Beginning at a point where 65th Street
48 meets 2nd Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Long Island Rail
49 Road (Bay Ridge Station), thence westerly along said railroad to Bay
50 Ridge Channel, thence along said channel to the Upper New York Bay,
51 thence along said bay to Kings/Hudson/New Jersey county/state line,
52 thence along said county/state line to Kings/New York county line,
53 thence easterly along said county line to Pioneer Street, thence south-
54 erly along said street to Imlay Street, thence northerly along said
55 street to Verona Street, thence southerly along said street to Van Brunt
56 Street, thence northerly along said street to Bowne Street, thence east-
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1 erly along said street to Hamilton Avenue, thence along said avenue to
2 Richards Street, thence southerly along said street to Commerce Street,
3 thence easterly along said street to Columbia Street, thence northerly
4 along said street to Luquer Street, thence easterly along said street to
5 Hamilton Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Huntington
6 Street, thence easterly along said street to I-278, thence southerly
7 along said interstate to West 9th Street, thence along said street to
8 Smith Street, thence southerly along said street to Hamilton Avenue,
9 thence along said avenue to Gowanus Canal, thence northerly along said
10 canal to a line extended westerly from 12th Street, thence easterly
11 along said line extended to 12th Street, thence along said street to
12 Hamilton Place, thence southerly along said place to 14th Street, thence
13 easterly along said street to 2nd Avenue, thence southerly along said
14 avenue to 15th Street, thence westerly along said street to Hamilton
15 Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to 3rd Avenue, thence south-
16 erly along said avenue to 65th Street, thence northerly along said
17 street to its intersection with 2nd Avenue, the point of beginning.
18 (b) Any tax lots now existing or hereafter created which are located
19 entirely within the geographic area in the borough of Manhattan bounded
20 and described as follows:
21 (i) In the county of New York, Beginning at a point where extended
22 West 202nd Street intersects the New York/Bronx county line, thence
23 westerly along said extension to West 202nd Street, thence along said
24 street to 9th Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to west 201st
25 Street, thence westerly along said street to Academy Street, thence
26 northerly along said street to 10th Avenue, thence southerly along said
27 avenue to Dyckman Street, thence northerly along said street to Nagle
28 Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Fort George Hill, thence
29 southerly along said hill to the southwestern border of High Bridge
30 Park, thence easterly along said border to Fort George Avenue, thence
31 southerly along said avenue to Audubon Avenue, thence along said avenue
32 to West 190th Street, thence easterly along said street to Amsterdam
33 Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to West 186th Street, thence
34 westerly along said street to Audubon Avenue, thence southerly along
35 said avenue to West 184th Street, thence easterly along said street to
36 Amsterdam Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to West 183rd
37 Street, thence westerly along said street to Audubon Avenue, thence
38 southerly along said avenue to West 182nd Street, thence easterly along
39 said street to Amsterdam Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to
40 West 166th Street, thence westerly along said street to St. Nicholas
41 Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to West 162nd Street, thence
42 westerly along said street to Broadway, thence northerly along Broadway
43 to west 165th Street, thence westerly along said street to Fort Washing-
44 ton Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to West 168th Street,
45 thence easterly along said street to Broadway, thence northerly along
46 Broadway to West 172nd Street, thence westerly along said street to Fort
47 Washington Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to West 173rd
48 Street, thence easterly along said street to Broadway, thence northerly
49 along Broadway to West 174th Street, thence easterly along said street
50 to Wadsworth Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to West 175th
51 Street, thence westerly along said street to Fort Washington Avenue,
52 thence northerly along said avenue to West 177th Street, thence easterly
53 along said street to Broadway, thence northerly along Broadway to
54 Cumming Street, thence along said street to Seaman Avenue, thence east-
55 erly along said avenue to Academy Street, thence southerly along said
56 street to Cooper Street, thence easterly along said street to West 204th
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1 Street, thence southerly along said street to Broadway, thence easterly
2 along Broadway to West 207th Street, thence southerly along said street
3 to Vermilyea Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Isham Street,
4 thence northerly along said street to Broadway, thence easterly along
5 Broadway to West 215th Street, thence northerly along said street to
6 Seaman Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to West 207th Street,
7 thence northerly along said street to where it meets a line extended
8 from Payson Avenue, thence westerly along said line extended to Payson
9 Avenue, thence along said avenue to Dyckman Street, thence northerly
10 along said street to Staff Street, thence southerly along said street to
11 Riverside Drive, thence westerly along said drive to the exit ramp of
12 the Henry Hudson Parkway Northbound, thence southerly along said ramp to
13 the Henry Hudson Parkway Northbound, thence northerly along said parkway
14 to the on-ramp of the Henry Hudson Parkway Southbound, thence southerly
15 along said ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway Southbound, thence northerly
16 along said parkway to Exit 17, thence southwesterly on a line extended
17 from said exit to a point where it meets a line extended from Dyckman
18 Street, thence westerly along said line extended to the New York state
19 line, thence northerly along said state line to the New York/Bronx coun-
20 ty line, thence easterly along said county line, thence southerly along
21 said line to its intersection with extended West 202nd Street, the point
22 of beginning.
23 (ii) In the county of New York, Beginning at a point where West 215th
24 Street meets Broadway, thence westerly along Broadway to Isham Street,
25 thence southeasterly along said street to Vermilyea Avenue, thence
26 westerly along said avenue to West 207th Street, thence northerly along
27 said street to Broadway, thence westerly along Broadway to West 204th
28 Street, thence northerly along said street to Cooper Street, thence
29 westerly along said street to Academy Street, thence northerly along
30 said street to Seaman Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to
31 Cumming Street, thence southerly along said street to Broadway, thence
32 southerly along Broadway to West 177th Street, thence westerly along
33 said street to Fort Washington Avenue, thence southerly along said
34 avenue to West 175th Street, thence easterly along said street to Wads-
35 worth Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to West 174th Street,
36 thence westerly along said street to Broadway, thence southerly along
37 Broadway to West 173rd Street, thence westerly along said street to Fort
38 Washington Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to West 172nd
39 Street, thence easterly along said street to Broadway, thence southerly
40 along Broadway to West 168th Street, thence westerly along said street
41 to Fort Washington Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to West
42 165th Street, thence easterly along said street to Broadway, thence
43 southerly along Broadway to West 162nd Street, thence easterly along
44 said street to St. Nicholas Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue
45 to West 166th Street, thence easterly along said street to Amsterdam
46 Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to West 182nd Street, thence
47 westerly along said street to Audubon Avenue, thence northerly along
48 said avenue to West 183rd Street, thence easterly along said street to
49 Amsterdam Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to West 184th
50 Street, thence westerly along said street to Audubon Avenue, thence
51 northerly along said avenue to West 186th Street, thence easterly along
52 said street to Amsterdam Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to
53 West 190th Street, thence westerly along said street to Audubon Avenue,
54 thence northerly along said avenue to Fort George Avenue, thence along
55 said avenue to the southwestern border of High Bridge Park, thence
56 westerly along said border to Fort George Hill, thence northerly along
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1 said hill to Nagle Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Dyckman
2 Street, thence southerly along said street to 10th Avenue, thence north-
3 erly along said avenue to Academy Street, thence southerly along said
4 street to West 201st Street, thence easterly along said street to 9th
5 Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to West 202nd Street, thence
6 easterly along said street to a line extending to the New York/Bronx
7 county line, thence southerly along said county line to the point where
8 the 145th Street Bridge intersects the New York/Bronx county line,
9 thence westerly along said bridge to West 145th Street, thence along
10 said street to Lenox Avenue (Malcolm X Boulevard), thence northerly
11 along said avenue to West 146th Street, thence westerly along said
12 street to 7th Avenue (Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard), thence south-
13 erly along said avenue to West 144th Street, thence westerly along said
14 street to 8th Avenue (Frederick Douglass Boulevard), thence northerly
15 along said avenue to West 145th Street, thence westerly along said
16 street to St. Nicholas Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to
17 West 149th Street, thence westerly along said street to Convent Avenue,
18 thence southerly along said avenue to West 148th Street, thence westerly
19 along said street to Amsterdam Avenue, thence northerly along said
20 avenue to West 151st Street, thence westerly along said street to Broad-
21 way, thence southerly along Broadway to West 145th Street, thence
22 westerly along said street to Henry Hudson Parkway, thence southerly
23 along said parkway to St. Clair Place, thence westerly along said place
24 to extended St. Clair Place, thence along said extension to the New
25 York/New Jersey state line, thence northerly along said state line to
26 its intersection with extended Dyckman Street, thence easterly along
27 said extension to the shoreline of the Hudson River, thence northeaster-
28 ly to Exit 17 of the Henry Hudson Parkway Southbound, thence southerly
29 along said parkway to the onramp from Riverside Drive, thence northerly
30 along said ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway Northbound, thence southerly
31 along said parkway to the exit ramp to Riverside Drive, thence easterly
32 along said ramp to Riverside Drive, thence along said drive to Staff
33 Street, thence northerly along said street to Dyckman Street, thence
34 southerly along said street to Payson Avenue, thence easterly along said
35 avenue to a point where extended Payson Avenue meets 207th Street,
36 thence southerly along said street to Seaman Avenue, thence easterly
37 along said avenue to West 215th Street, thence southerly along said
38 street to its intersection with Broadway, the point of beginning.
39 (iii) In the county of New York, Beginning at a point where the 145th
40 Street Bridge meets the New York/Bronx county line, thence southerly
41 along said county line to the CSX Railroad, thence westerly along said
42 railroad to Park Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to East
43 132nd Street, thence westerly along said street to 5th Avenue, thence
44 southerly along said avenue to West 124th Street, thence westerly along
45 said street to Mount Morris Park West, thence southerly along said park
46 to West 121st Street, thence westerly along said street to Lenox Avenue,
47 thence southerly along said avenue to West 120th Street, thence easterly
48 along said street to 5th Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to
49 East 118th Street, thence easterly along said street to Park Avenue,
50 thence southerly along said avenue to East 117th Street, thence westerly
51 along said street to 5th Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to
52 West 115th Street, thence westerly along said street to Lenox Avenue,
53 thence northerly along said avenue to West 116th Street, thence westerly
54 along said street to Morningside Avenue, thence northerly along said
55 avenue to West 121st Street, thence easterly along said street to
56 Manhattan Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to West 123rd
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1 Street, thence westerly along said street to Morningside Avenue, thence
2 northerly along said avenue to West 124th Street, thence easterly along
3 said street to Frederick Douglass Boulevard, thence northerly along said
4 boulevard to West 125th Street, thence westerly along said street to
5 Morningside Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to West 126th
6 Street, thence westerly along said street to Amsterdam Avenue, thence
7 along said avenue to West 129th Street, thence westerly along said
8 street to Broadway, thence southerly along Broadway to Tiemann Place,
9 thence westerly along said place to Riverside Drive, thence northerly
10 along said drive to Riverside Drive West, thence along said drive to
11 West 125th Street, thence along said street to Henry Hudson Parkway,
12 thence along said parkway to West 145th Street, thence easterly along
13 said street to Broadway, thence northerly along Broadway to West 151st
14 Street, thence easterly along said street to Amsterdam Avenue, thence
15 southerly along said avenue to West 148th Street, thence easterly along
16 said street to Convent Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to
17 West 149th Street, thence easterly along said street to St. Nicholas
18 Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to West 145th Street, thence
19 easterly along said street to Frederick Douglass Boulevard, thence
20 southerly along said boulevard to West 144th Street, thence easterly
21 along said street to Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, thence northerly
22 along said boulevard to West 146th Street, thence easterly along said
23 street to Lenox Avenue (Malcolm X Boulevard), thence southerly along
24 said avenue to West 145th Street, thence easterly along said street to
25 the 145th Street Bridge, thence along said bridge to its intersection
26 with the New York/Bronx county line, the point of beginning.
27 (iv) In the county of New York, Beginning at a point where the New
28 York/Queens county border meets the East River at East 96th Street
29 Extended, thence westerly along a line connecting to East 96th Street,
30 excluding Mill Rock Park, thence westerly along East 96th Street to 2nd
31 Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to East 97th Street, thence
32 westerly along said street to 3rd Avenue, thence southerly along said
33 avenue to East 95th Street, thence westerly along said street to Madison
34 Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to East 92nd Street, thence
35 westerly along said street to 5th Avenue, thence northerly along said
36 avenue to Central Park North, thence westerly along said park to Adam
37 Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, thence northerly along said boulevard to
38 West 113th Street, thence westerly along said street to 8th Avenue,
39 thence northerly along said avenue to West 116th Street, thence easterly
40 along said street to Lenox Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to
41 West 115th Street, thence easterly along said street to 5th Avenue,
42 thence northerly along said avenue to East 117th Street, thence easterly
43 along said street to Park Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to
44 East 118th Street, thence westerly along said street to 5th Avenue,
45 thence northerly along said avenue to West 120th Street, thence westerly
46 along said street to Lenox Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to
47 West 121st Street, thence easterly along said street to Mount Morris
48 Park West, thence northerly along said park to West 124th Street, thence
49 easterly along said street to 5th Avenue, thence northerly along said
50 avenue to East 132nd Street, thence easterly along said street to Park
51 Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to CSX Railroad, thence east-
52 erly along said railroad over the Harlem River to the New York/Bronx
53 county line, thence southerly along said county line to the New
54 York/Queens county line, thence southerly along said county line to East
55 96th Street Extended, the point of beginning.
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1 (c) Any tax lots now existing or hereafter created which are located
2 entirely within the geographic area in the borough of The Bronx bounded
3 and described as follows:
4 (i) In the county of Bronx, Beginning at a point where Rodman Place
5 meets West Farms Road, thence southerly along said road to East 172nd
6 Street, thence westerly along said street to Boone Avenue, thence south-
7 erly along said avenue to Jennings Street, thence westerly along said
8 street to Vyse Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Freeman
9 Street, thence westerly along said street to Intervale Avenue, thence
10 southerly along said avenue to Fox Street, thence along said street to
11 Home Street, thence westerly along said street to East 169th Street,
12 thence westerly along said street to Prospect Avenue, thence southerly
13 along said avenue to East 168th, thence westerly along said street to
14 Washington Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to East Tremont
15 Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Crotona Parkway, thence
16 along said parkway to Cross Bronx Expressway, thence easterly along said
17 expressway to Longfellow Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to
18 Rodman Place, thence easterly along said place to its intersection with
19 West Farms Road, the point of beginning.
20 (ii) In the county of Bronx, Beginning at a point where Belmont Street
21 meets Webster Avenue, thence southerly along Webster avenue to Claremont
22 Parkway, thence easterly along said parkway to Brook Avenue, thence
23 southerly along said avenue to East 171st Street, thence westerly along
24 said street to Webster Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to
25 Park Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to East 164th Street,
26 thence westerly along said street to Teller Avenue, thence northerly
27 along said avenue to East 165th Street, thence westerly along said
28 street to Grand Concourse, thence northerly along Grand concourse to
29 Mount Eden Parkway, thence easterly along said parkway to Clay Avenue,
30 thence southerly along said avenue to Belmont Street, thence easterly
31 along said street to Webster Avenue, the point of beginning.
32 (d) Any tax lots now existing or hereafter created which are located
33 entirely within the geographic area in the borough of Queens bounded and
34 described as follows:
35 (i) In the county of Queens, Beginning at a point where 54th Street
36 meets Broadway, thence southeasterly along Broadway to 64th Street,
37 thence southerly along said Street to 39th Avenue, thence westerly along
38 said avenue to 54th Street, thence northerly along said street to its
39 intersection with Broadway, the point of beginning.
40 (ii) In the County of Queens, Beginning at a point where 131st Street
41 meets Fowler Avenue, thence easterly along Fowler Avenue to College
42 Point Boulevard, thence northerly on said Boulevard to Interstate 678,
43 thence southerly to Flushing #3 Municipal Parking Field, thence souther-
44 ly along said street to it's intersection with Fowler Avenue, the point
45 of beginning.
46 (iii) In the County of Queens, Beginning at a point where 94 Street
47 meets 52nd Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to 92nd Street,
48 thence northerly along said street to 50th Avenue, thence westerly along
49 said avenue to 91st Street, thence northerly along said street to 48th
50 Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to 90th Street, thence north-
51 erly along said street to Corona Avenue, thence westerly along said
52 avenue to 88th Street, thence northerly along said street to Long Island
53 Rail Road, thence westerly along said railroad to Broadway, thence
54 northerly along Broadway to Whitney Avenue, thence easterly along said
55 avenue to Ketcham Place, thence westerly along said place to Elmhurst
56 Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Judge Street, thence
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1 westerly along said street to Britton Avenue, thence southerly along
2 said avenue to Broadway, thence westerly along Broadway to 41st Avenue,
3 thence westerly along said avenue to 75th Street, thence northerly along
4 said street to Broadway, thence westerly along Broadway to 74th Street,
5 thence southerly along said street to 41st Avenue, thence westerly along
6 said avenue to 73rd Street, thence southerly along said street to Wood-
7 side Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to CSX Railroad, thence
8 northerly along said railroad to 41st Avenue, thence westerly along said
9 Avenue to 69th Street, thence northerly along said street to Roosevelt
10 Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to CSX Railroad, thence along
11 said railroad to Broadway, thence easterly along Broadway to 69th
12 Street, thence northerly along said street to 70th Street, thence along
13 said street to 69th Street, thence along said street to 35th Avenue,
14 thence easterly along said avenue to 73rd Street, thence southerly along
15 said street to 37th Road, thence easterly along said road to 75th
16 Street, thence northerly along said street to 37th Avenue, thence
17 westerly along said avenue to 74th Street, thence northerly along said
18 street to 35th Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to 81st Street,
19 thence northerly along said street to 34th Avenue, thence easterly along
20 said avenue to 82nd Street, thence southerly along said street to 35th
21 Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to 84th Street, thence south-
22 erly along said street to 37th Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue
23 to 85th Street, thence southerly along said street to Roosevelt Avenue,
24 thence easterly along said avenue to 88th Street, thence northerly along
25 said street to 37th Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to 90th
26 Street, thence southerly along said street to Roosevelt Avenue, thence
27 easterly along said avenue to Elmhurst Avenue, thence northerly along
28 said avenue to 93rd Street, thence southerly along said street to Roose-
29 velt Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to 94th Street, thence
30 southerly along said street to 43rd Avenue, thence easterly along said
31 avenue to 94th Street, thence southerly along said street to Alstyne
32 Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Corona Avenue, thence east-
33 erly along said avenue to 94th Street, thence southerly on said street
34 to its intersection with 52nd Avenue, the point of beginning.
35 (iv) In the county of Queens, Beginning at a point where 26th Avenue
36 meets 14th Street, thence southerly along said street to 34th Avenue,
37 thence westerly along said avenue to 12th Street, thence southerly along
38 said street to 40th Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to 10th
39 Street, thence southerly along 10th Street to 41st Road, to the point
40 where a line extended from 11th Street meets Queens Plaza South, thence
41 southerly along 11th Street to 43rd Avenue, thence easterly along said
42 avenue to Jackson Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Purves
43 Street, thence southerly along said street to Thompson Avenue, thence
44 easterly along said avenue to Skillman Avenue, thence westerly along
45 said avenue to 49th Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to 11th
46 Street, thence southerly along said street to the Queens/Kings county
47 border, thence westerly along said border to the New York/ Queens county
48 border, thence northerly to 26th Avenue, thence easterly along said
49 avenue to the point of beginning.
50 (e) Any tax lots now existing or hereafter created which are located
51 entirely within the geographic area in the borough of Staten Island
52 bounded and described as follows:
53 In the County of Richmond, Beginning at a point where Clifton Avenue
54 intersects Edgewater Street, thence northerly along said street to
55 Lynhurst Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Langere Place,
56 thence northerly along said place to Willow Avenue, thence westerly
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1 along said avenue to Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad, thence north-
2 erly along said railroad to Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad
3 east/west, thence westerly along said railroad to Chestnut Avenue,
4 thence northerly along said avenue to Mosel Avenue, thence southerly
5 along said avenue to Manton Place, thence westerly along said place to
6 Hanover Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Palma Drive,
7 thence westerly along said drive to Targee Street, thence northerly
8 along said street to Metcalfe Street, thence westerly along said street
9 to Van Duzer Street, thence southerly along said street to Hillside
10 Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Howard Avenue, thence
11 southerly along said avenue to Highland Avenue, thence northerly along
12 said avenue to Arlo Road, thence easterly along said road to Howard
13 Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Greta Place, thence
14 westerly along said place to Duncan Road, thence northerly along said
15 road to Theresa Place, thence westerly along said place to Victory
16 Boulevard, thence northerly along said boulevard to Forest Avenue,
17 thence westerly along said avenue to Brighton Avenue, thence northeast-
18 erly along said avenue to Lafayette Avenue, thence northerly along said
19 avenue to Arnold street, thence westerly along said street to Ellicott
20 Place, thence northerly along said place to Prospect Avenue, thence
21 westerly along said avenue to Clinton Avenue, thence northerly along
22 said avenue to Henderson Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to
23 Tysen Street, thence northerly along said street to Richmond Terrace,
24 thence westerly along said terrace to Jewett Avenue, thence southerly
25 along said avenue to Forest Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to
26 Morningstar Road, thence southerly along said road to Monsey Place,
27 thence westerly along said place to Sanders Street, thence southerly
28 along said street to Wilcox Street, thence westerly along said street to
29 Eunice Place, thence northerly along said place to Forest Avenue, thence
30 westerly along said avenue to Heaney Avenue, thence southerly along said
31 avenue to Wilcox Street, thence westerly along said street to Amity
32 Place, thence northerly along said place to Wemple Street, thence
33 westerly along said street to South Avenue, thence northerly along said
34 avenue to Forest Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Goethals
35 Road North, thence along said road to Western Avenue, thence northerly
36 along said avenue to the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad, thence
37 easterly along said railroad to a line extended south from Holland
38 Avenue, thence northerly along said line extended to Holland Avenue,
39 thence along said avenue to Benjamin Place, thence easterly along said
40 place to Arlington Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Arling-
41 ton Place, thence easterly along said place to Grandview Avenue, thence
42 southerly along said avenue to Davidson Street, thence easterly along
43 said street to Andros Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to a
44 line extended to the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad, thence east-
45 erly along said railroad to Van Name Avenue, thence northerly along said
46 avenue to Richmond Terrace, thence easterly along said terrace to Wright
47 Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to a line extended to the
48 northern shore of Staten Island, thence easterly along said shoreline to
49 Bayonne Bridge, thence northerly along said bridge to the New York/New
50 Jersey state line, thence easterly along said state line to the
51 Kings/Richmond county line, thence southerly along said county line to a
52 point where it meets a line extended from Clifton Avenue, thence wester-
53 ly along said line extended to the point where Clifton Avenue intersects
54 Edgewater Street, the point of beginning.
55 12. An agreement with the local housing agency to create or substan-
56 tially rehabilitate offsite housing units affordable to households of
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1 low and moderate income, shall remain in full force and effect. The
2 housing units developed pursuant to such agreement shall continue to
3 make a building or buildings located in geographic exclusion areas as
4 defined in this subdivision eligible to receive benefits pursuant to
5 this section notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision seven or nine
6 of this section or any exemption cap provided in local law provided that
7 the agreement with the local housing agency was entered into prior to
8 December twenty-eighth, two thousand six and construction of the build-
9 ing receiving benefits pursuant to this section is commenced on or
10 before June thirtieth, two thousand nine.
11 13. A multi-phase project that includes at least 2,500 dwelling units
12 and (i) is being implemented pursuant to a General Project Plan adopted
13 by the New York State Urban Development Corporation and approved by
14 Public Authorities Control Board or is otherwise set forth in agreements
15 with the New York State Urban Development Corporation and (ii) includes
16 a development over a number of city blocks, shall be eligible for bene-
17 fits pursuant to this section notwithstanding paragraph (e) of subdivi-
18 sion 7 of this section if in the aggregate twenty percent of the units
19 in such development are affordable to and occupied or available for
20 occupancy by individuals or families whose incomes at the time of
21 initial occupancy do not exceed 60 percent of the area median incomes
22 adjusted for family size and the rent for such units does not exceed
23 thirty percent of eighty percent of the area median incomes adjusted for
24 family size.
25 14. The provisions of subdivisions seven and nine of this section
26 shall not apply to (1) multiple dwellings which commence construction
27 prior to July first, two thousand eight; or (2) where commencement of
28 construction is delayed as a result of litigation relating to a contract
29 for the purchase of real property entered into prior to December twen-
30 ty-eight, two thousand six and in which a judgment was entered prior to
31 the effective date of this subdivision provided that construction
32 commences within a reasonable time after final resolution of the liti-
33 gation; or (3) where benefits pursuant to this section are sought for a
34 building located on a site requiring environmental remediation
35 construction and a certificate of completion pursuant to section 27-1419
36 of the environmental conservation law has been issued prior to July
37 first, two thousand eight, provided that construction is completed with-
38 out undue delay.
39 15. Paragraphs 2 through 4 of subdivision a of section 11-245 of the
40 administrative code of the city of New York, subdivisions b-1 and b-2 of
41 section 11-245 of the administrative code of the city of New York and
42 Part l of subchapter 2 of chapter 2 of title 11 of the administrative
43 code of the city of New York, as added by local law No. 58 of the City
44 of New York for the year 2006 shall not apply to (1) multiple dwellings
45 which commence construction prior to July 1, 2008; or (2) where
46 commencement of construction is delayed as a result of litigation relat-
47 ing to a contract for the purchase of real property entered into prior
48 to December 28, 2006 and in which a judgment was entered prior to the
49 effective date of this subdivision provided that construction commences
50 within a reasonable time after final resolution of the litigation; or
51 (3) where benefits pursuant to this section are sought for a building
52 located on a site requiring environmental remediation construction and a
53 certificate of completion pursuant to section 27-1419 of the environ-
54 mental conservation law has been issued prior to July 1, 2008, provided
55 that construction is completed without undue delay.
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1 § 4. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
2 421-a of the real property tax law is amended by adding a new clause (E)
3 to read as follows:
4 (E) A new multiple dwelling that is situated in (1) a neighborhood
5 preservation program area as determined by the department of housing
6 preservation and development as of June first, nineteen hundred eighty-
7 five, (2) a neighborhood preservation area as determined by the New York
8 city planning commission as of June first, nineteen hundred eighty-five,
9 (3) an area that was eligible for mortgage insurance provided by the
10 rehabilitation mortgage insurance corporation as of May first, nineteen
11 hundred ninety-two, or (4) an area receiving funding for a neighborhood
12 preservation project pursuant to the neighborhood reinvestment corpo-
13 ration act (42 U.S.C. §§ 8101 et seq.) as of June first, nineteen
14 hundred eighty-five, shall not be eligible for the benefits available
15 pursuant to this subparagraph unless it complies with the provisions of
16 subdivision seven of this section.
17 § 5. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 2 of section 421-a of the real prop-
18 erty tax law, as amended by chapter 832 of the laws of 1992, is amended
19 to read as follows:
20 (i) Authority of city to enact local law. Except as otherwise speci-
21 fied in this section, a city to which this section is applicable may
22 enact a local law to restrict, limit or condition the eligibility, scope
23 or amount of the benefits under this section in any manner provided that
24 such local law may not grant benefits beyond those provided in this
25 section and provided further that in the city of New York such local law
26 shall not take effect sooner than one year after it is enacted.
27 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of any local law shall not
28 be inconsistent with subdivisions seven through fifteen of this section.
29 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, this
30 act shall not affect any benefits conferred prior to December 28, 2007
31 except as specifically provided in this act; the limitations on eligi-
32 bility for benefits contained in this act shall be in addition to those
33 contained in any other law including any local law enacted pursuant to
34 section 421-a of the real property tax law and the limitations on eligi-
35 bility for benefits contained in this act shall not apply to a covered
36 project as defined in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6
37 of section 421-a of the real property tax law.