New York A 7002: Relates to manufactured homes certificate of title and the conveyance and encumbrance of manufactured homes as real property

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A07002 Summary:

BILL NOA07002 

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SPONSORTapia

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Add §498, RPT L

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Prohibits or limits certain tax exemptions for real property in instances where a pattern or practice of discrimination against occupants has been found based on such occupants' lawful source of income.

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BILL NOA07002 

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03/18/2025referred to real property taxation

01/07/2026referred to real property taxation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7002

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Real Property Taxation

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to prohibiting or
 limiting certain tax exemptions for real property in instances where a
 pattern or practice of discrimination against occupants has been found

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

 1 Section 1. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 498 to read as follows:
 3 § 498. Discrimination in housing. 1. For the purposes of this section
 4 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Lawful source of income" shall have the same meaning as defined
 6 by section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law.
 7 (b) "Final determination" shall mean a decision that has not been
 8 appealed or a decision that has been upheld on appeal by the division of
 9 human rights, the attorney general, or a court of competent jurisdic-
 10 tion.
 11 2. Subject to a finding of a pattern or practice of discrimination
 12 under subdivision three of this section, an exemption from taxation for
 13 real property otherwise authorized under this article approved by any
 14 state or local agency for a housing company, insurance company, redevel-
 15 opment company, or redevelopment corporation shall be subject to the
 16 provisions of subdivision four of this section, where the division of
 17 human rights, the attorney general, or a court of competent jurisdiction
 18 has found that such entity, directly or indirectly, refused, withheld
 19 from, or denied to any person any of a dwelling or business accommo-
 20 dations in such property, or the privileges and services incident to
 21 occupancy thereof, on account of race, color, creed, or lawful source of
 22 income of such person.
 23 3. The provisions of subdivision two of this section shall apply only
 24 when a pattern or practice of discrimination has been established based

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10792-02-5

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 1 on multiple final determinations. A pattern or practice shall be deemed
 2 established where:
 3 (a) for landlords or entities owning or managing fewer than fifty
 4 residential units statewide, at least two final determinations of unlaw-
 5 ful discrimination based on lawful source of income have been made with-
 6 in a five-year period;
 7 (b) for landlords or entities owning or managing between fifty and
 8 five hundred, inclusive, residential units statewide, at least three
 9 final determinations of unlawful discrimination have been made within a
 10 five-year period; or
 11 (c) for landlords or entities owning or managing more than five
 12 hundred residential units statewide, at least five final determinations
 13 of unlawful discrimination have been made within a five-year period.
 14 4. A landlord or entity that has violated subdivision two of this
 15 section, and found to have established a pattern or practice of discrim-
 16 ination under subdivision three of this section, shall be subject to the
 17 following penalties:
 18 (a) For a first violation beyond the threshold under subdivision three
 19 of this section, the landlord shall be required to submit a corrective
 20 action plan, which shall be approved by the division of human rights.
 21 Such plan shall include measures such as staff training, revised poli-
 22 cies, and inde