Creates a Staten Island landmark commission to evaluate applications and grant real property tax credits for certain structures deemed of significant architectural or community value.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5761
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 15, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. CASTORINA, MALLIOTAKIS, MONTESANO -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports
Development
AN ACT in relation to creating a special landmark commission on Staten
Island to grant tax credits for the preservation of certain historic
structures
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. 1. There is hereby created a special landmark commission in
2 the borough of Staten Island to review and evaluate applications for
3 real property tax credits for the preservation of residential and
4 commercial structures deemed to be of sufficient architectural or commu-
5 nity value. Such structures need not qualify as historic structures, but
6 shall be evaluated by the commission to determine their significance to
7 the community. The commission shall promulgate rules for the application
8 and granting of tax credits and shall determine the amount of such cred-
9 it.
10 2. The landmark commission shall consist of the borough president of
11 Staten Island and the members of the city council. The chair of the
12 community board in whose community the property is located shall be
13 invited to serve on the commission to evaluate applications for property
14 in such community.
15 3. The commission shall develop and distribute or make available
16 application request forms.
17 4. A majority vote of the entire commission shall be required to grant
18 a credit.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
20 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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