New York A 775: Establishes a tax exemption for buildings with bird-friendly design

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A00775 Summary:

BILL NOA00775B

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRSimone

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §473, RPT L

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Establishes a tax exemption for buildings constructed or improved according to bird-friendly design standards.

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BILL NOA00775B

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01/08/2025referred to real property taxation

04/09/2025amend and recommit to real property taxation

04/09/2025print number 775a

01/07/2026referred to real property taxation

01/22/2026amend and recommit to real property taxation

01/22/2026print number 775b

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 775--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Real Property Taxation -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Real Property Taxation in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to establishing a
 tax exemption for buildings with bird-friendly design

 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 473 to read as follows:
 3 § 473. Exemption for improvements to real property meeting certif-
 4 ication standards for bird-friendly design. 1. For the purposes of this
 5 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 6 (a) "Bird-friendly design" shall include:
 7 (i) bird-friendly material;
 8 (ii) bird hazard installations; and
 9 (iii) fly-through conditions.
 10 (b) "Bird-friendly material" shall mean a material or assembly that
 11 has, or has been treated to have a maximum threat factor of twenty-five
 12 in accordance with the American bird conservancy bird collision deter-
 13 rence material threat factor reference standard, or with the American
 14 bird conservancy bird-friendly materials evaluation program at Carnegie
 15 museum's avian research center test protocol, or with a relevant ASTM
 16 standard.
 17 (c) "Bird hazard installations" shall mean monolithic glazing instal-
 18 lations that provide a clear line of sight on the exterior of buildings,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02502-05-6

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 1 including but not limited to glass awnings, glass handrails and guards,
 2 glass wind break panels, or glass acoustic barriers.
 3 (d) "Fly-through conditions" shall mean one or more panels of glass
 4 that provide a clear line of sight through such elements creating the
 5 illusion of a void leading to the other side, including parallel glass
 6 elements, at a distance of seventeen feet (five thousand one hundred
 7 eighty-two mm) or less, or a convergence of glass sides creating a
 8 perpendicular, acute or obtuse corner.
 9 2. Construction of improvements to real property initiated on or after
 10 the first day of January, two thousand twenty-seven, meeting certif-
 11 ication standards for bird-friendly design pursuant to subdivision one
 12 of this section shall be exempt from taxation by any municipal corpo-
 13 ration in cities of one million or more in which such property is
 14 located to the extent provided in this section, provided that the
 15 governing board of such municipal corporation, after conducting a public
 16 hearing, adopts a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor.
 17 3. Such real property, or portion thereof, which is certified under
 18 bird-friendly design standards or a similar program using a certif-
 19 ication standard which is equivalent to the categories of certified
 20 bird-friendly design standards, as determined by an accredited profes-
 21 sional, shall be exempt as provided below for the respective percent-
 22 ages, provided that a municipal corporation may establish a m