New York S 5344: Imposes an occupancy tax in the city of Cortland

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S05344 Summary:

BILL NOS05344 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05633

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §756, Gen Bus L

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Removes residential dwelling units that must be affordable to residents at a specific income level from the definition of "construction contracts" for the purposes of certain provisions of the General Business Law.

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BILL NOS05344 

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02/20/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5344

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the definition
 of construction contracts

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 756 of the general business law,
 2 as amended by chapter 417 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. "Construction contract" means a written or oral agreement for the
 5 construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance, moving or demoli-
 6 tion of any building, structure or improvement, or relating to the exca-
 7 vation of or other development or improvement to land, and where the
 8 aggregate cost of the construction project including all labor,
 9 services, materials and equipment to be furnished, equals or exceeds one
 10 hundred fifty thousand dollars. For the purposes of this article a
 11 construction contract shall not include any such contract made and
 12 awarded by the state, any public department, any public benefit corpo-
 13 ration, any public corporation or official thereof, or a municipal
 14 corporation or official thereof for construction, reconstruction, alter-
 15 ation, repair, maintenance, moving or demolition of any public works
 16 project nor any contract with a contractor or subcontractor which is
 17 part of such project; or any such contract the purpose of which is the
 18 construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, maintenance, moving or
 19 demolition of an individual one, two or three family residential dwell-
 20 ing or a residential tract development of one hundred or less one or two
 21 family dwellings, or any residential construction project where the
 22 aggregate size of such project is four thousand five hundred square feet
 23 or less, or any residential project [of fewer than seventy-five units
 24 which receives financial assistance from the federal government, the
 25 state or a municipal entity designed for households earning an average

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09474-01-5

 S. 5344 2

 1 of one hundred twenty-five percent of the housing and urban development
 2 agency area median income] that includes or will include residential
 3 dwelling units that must be affordable to residents at a specific income
 4 level pursuant to a statute, regulation, restrictive declaration or
 5 pursuant to a regulatory agreement with a federal, state, or local
 6 government entity.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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