New York S 4819: Relates to a privately owned vacant property temporary public benefit use exemption

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S04819 Summary:

BILL NOS04819 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORFELDER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §481-a, RPT L

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Relates to a privately owned vacant property temporary public benefit use exemption.

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BILL NOS04819 

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

05/27/2025RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4819

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to a privately
 owned vacant property temporary public benefit use exemption

 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 481-a to read as follows:
 3 § 481-a. Privately owned vacant property temporary public benefit use
 4 exemption. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, where
 5 privately owned vacant property is temporarily used for the public bene-
 6 fit in a city having a population of one million or more such property
 7 may be exempt from taxation and ad valorem levies for as long as such
 8 real property shall be limited to use for the public benefit for a mini-
 9 mum of twenty hours a week in the months of November through March and
 10 twenty-five hours a week in the months of April through October.
 11 2. The term "public benefit", as used in this section shall include,
 12 but not be limited to, open spaces, community gardens, urban farms and
 13 pop-up parks.
 14 3. No real property shall be entitled to receive an exemption pursuant
 15 to this section if the owner or operator of such real property shall
 16 receive or may be lawfully entitled to receive pecuniary profit from the
 17 use of such real property.
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03878-01-5

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