New York S 2451: Permits localities to opt to reduce renters' payments towards rent to one-third of household income for eligible participants in the SCRIE and DRIE programs

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S02451 Summary:

BILL NOS02451A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07729

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSRADDABBO, CLEARE, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §467-b, RPT L; amd §§26-605 & 26-509, NYC Ad Cd

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Relates to establishing a maximum rent of one-third of household income for the senior citizens rent increase exemption and disability rent increase exemption.

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BILL NOS02451A

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01/17/2025REFERRED TO AGING

02/05/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGING

02/05/2025PRINT NUMBER 2451A

03/04/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGING

02/04/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1202

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2451--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 17, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, ADDABBO, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Aging -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law and the administrative code of
 the city of New York, in relation to establishing a maximum rent of
 one-third of household income for the senior citizens rent increase
 exemption (SCRIE) and disability rent increase exemption (DRIE)

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "senior citizens rent increase exemption (SCRIE) and disability rent
 3 increase exemption (DRIE) rollback act".
 4 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 467-b of the real property tax law is
 5 amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
 6 c. Provided, however, that if provided by the local law, ordinance or
 7 resolution adopted pursuant to this section, a tax abatement certificate
 8 setting forth an amount equal to the amount by which the maximum rent or
 9 legal regulated rent of the subsequent dwelling unit exceeds one-third
 10 of the combined income of all members of the household for the taxable
 11 period shall be issued by said agency to each head of household who is
 12 found to be eligible under this section and upon application to the
 13 appropriate rent control agency or administrative agency on a form
 14 prescribed by said agency on or before the last date prescribed by law
 15 for the payment of the taxes or the first installment therefor of any
 16 municipal corporation which has granted an abatement of taxes. Copies of
 17 such certificate shall be issued to the owner of the real property
 18 containing the dwelling unit of the head of the household and to the
 19 collecting officer charged with the duty of collecting the taxes or each
 20 municipal corporation which has granted the abatement of taxes author-
 21 ized by this section.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00073-04-5

 S. 2451--A 2

 1 § 3. Subdivision (a) of section 26-605 of the administrative code of
 2 the city of New York, as amended by local law number 98 of the city of
 3 New York for the year 1985 and paragraph 3 as added by chapter 553 of
 4 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 5 (a) Subject to the provisions of this chapter and if provided by the
 6 local law, ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to this section, an
 7 eligible head of the household may obtain a rent increase exemption
 8 order/tax abatement certificate entitling [him or her] such head of the
 9 household to an exemption from increases in the maximum rent equal to
 10 the amount by which the maximum rent or legal regulated rent of the
 11 subsequent dwelling unit exceeds one-third of the combined income of all
 12 members of the household otherwise payable in one of the following
 13 amounts:
 14 (1) where the eligible head of the household does not receive a month-
 15 ly allowance for shelter pursuant