New York A 5033: Authorizes the City of Newburgh to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such city's annual tax levy

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A05033 Summary:

BILL NOA05033 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJacobson

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §903, RPT L

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Authorizes the City of Newburgh to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such city's annual tax levy in accordance with applicable law.

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BILL NOA05033 

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02/11/2025referred to real property taxation

01/07/2026referred to real property taxation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5033

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Real Property Taxation

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing
 the city of Newburgh to add unpaid housing code violation penalties,
 costs and fines to such city's annual tax levy in accordance with
 applicable law

 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 903 to read as follows:
 3 § 903. Collection of unpaid housing code violation penalties; levy. 1.
 4 Authorization. In addition to and not in limitation of any power other-
 5 wise granted by law, the city of Newburgh is hereby authorized to
 6 collect any unpaid housing, building and fire code violation penalties,
 7 costs and fines through placement by the city's director of finance,
 8 treasurer, or other public official charged with the duties of oversee-
 9 ing tax collections on the city's annual tax levy in accordance with the
 10 provisions of this section.
 11 2. Eligibility. In order to be eligible for placement on the munici-
 12 pality's annual tax levy such unpaid code violation penalties, costs and
 13 fines shall have been adjudicated and imposed through a judgment in a
 14 court of competent jurisdiction on an owner of real property within the
 15 city and recorded by the county clerk, as certified by the city's corpo-
 16 ration counsel to the director of finance, treasurer or other public
 17 official charged with the duties of overseeing tax collections and have
 18 remained unpaid for one year after the final adjudication and exhaustion
 19 of all appeals relating to the imposition of the fines for a code
 20 violation preceding the placement on the city's tax levy.
 21 3. Minimum amount owed. To qualify for placement on the tax levy the
 22 amount owed for unpaid code violations must be at least five percent of
 23 the amount of the tax assessed value of the property.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01583-01-5

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 1 4. Levy. Such code violation penalty, cost or fine as set forth in a
 2 copy of the judgment certified by the city's corporation counsel to the
 3 director of finance, treasurer or other public official charged with the
 4 duties of overseeing tax collections shall be set down in the annual tax
 5 levy under the heading uncollected fines and penalties and in accordance
 6 with this section shall be levied, enforced and collected in the same
 7 manner, by the same proceedings, at the same time, under the same penal-
 8 ties and having the same lien upon the property assessed as the general
 9 city tax and as a part thereof.
 10 5. Notice. The city shall notify all owners of record of the placement
 11 of the code violations on the city tax levy as uncollected fines and
 12 penalties within thirty days of placement, pursuant to section three
 13 hundred eight of the civil practice law and rules. The notice shall
 14 include the date or dates of such violations, the description of the
 15 violations, the amount owed, a statement detailing the foreclosure proc-
 16 ess that will occur if the violations remain unpaid and the contact
 17 information for the city office in charge of receiving payments.
 18 6. Tax year. Any unpaid code violations shall be placed on the tax
 19 roll the city is currently in and shall not be placed on a list, roll or
 20 levy of delinquent taxes