New York S 6459: Provides a rent increase exemption to persons with disabilities

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S06459 Summary:

BILL NOS06459 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00903

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§467-b & 467-c, RPT L

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Relates to providing a rent increase exemption to persons with disabilities.

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BILL NOS06459 

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03/14/2025REFERRED TO AGING

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGING

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6459

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing a
 rent increase exemption to persons with disabilities

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 467-b of the real
 2 property tax law, as amended by section 1 of chapter 129 of the laws of
 3 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 4 b. (1) for a dwelling unit where the head of the household qualifies
 5 as a person with a disability pursuant to subdivision five of this
 6 section, no tax abatement shall be granted if the combined income for
 7 all members of the household for the current income tax year exceeds
 8 fifty thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand fourteen, as
 9 may be provided by the local law, ordinance or resolution adopted pursu-
 10 ant to this section[.]; or
 11 (2) (i) for a dwelling unit where the head of household qualifies as a
 12 person with a disability due to receipt of cash supplemental security
 13 income pursuant to subdivision five of this section, no tax abatement
 14 shall be granted if the combined income for all members of the household
 15 for the current income tax year exceeds the maximum income above which
 16 such head of household would not be eligible to receive cash supple-
 17 mental security income benefits under federal law during such tax year;
 18 (ii) for a dwelling unit where the head of household qualifies as a
 19 person with a disability due to receipt of social security disability
 20 insurance (SSDI) or medical assistance benefits based on a determination
 21 of disability as provided in section three hundred sixty-six of the
 22 social services law pursuant to subdivision five of this section, no tax
 23 abatement shall be granted if the combined income for all members of the
 24 household for the current income tax year exceeds twenty-nine thousand
 25 dollars;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02882-01-5

 S. 6459 2

 1 (iii) for a dwelling unit where the head of the household qualifies as
 2 a person with a disability due to receipt of disability pension or disa-
 3 bility compensation benefits provided by the United States department of
 4 veterans affairs pursuant to subdivision five of this section, no tax
 5 abatement shall be granted if the combined income for all members of the
 6 household for the current income tax year exceeds the maximum income
 7 above which such head of the household would not be eligible to receive
 8 such cash disability pension or disability compensation benefits under
 9 federal law during such tax year; and
 10 (iv) when the head of the household retires before the commencement of
 11 such income tax year and the date of filing the application, the income
 12 for such year may be adjusted by excluding salary or earnings and
 13 projecting such head of household's retirement income over the entire
 14 period of such year.
 15 Provided that a municipality shall not be required to enact a new
 16 local law, ordinance, or resolution after public hearing pursuant to
 17 subdivision two of this section if such municipality has already enacted
 18 a local law, ordinance, or resolution pursuant to subdivision two of
 19 this section adopting the provisions of subparagraph one of this para-
 20 graph and the municipality chooses to continue utilizing subparagraph
 21 one of this paragraph.
 22 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivis