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A00234 Summary:

BILL NOA00234 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMagnarelli

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Amd §485-a, RPT L

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Relates to the certification of certain property complying with the residential-commercial urban exemption program and the revocation of benefits of such program in certain circumstances.

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BILL NOA00234 

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01/08/2025referred to real property taxation

01/07/2026referred to real property taxation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 234

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Real Property Taxation

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the certif-
 ication of certain property complying with the residential-commercial
 urban exemption program and the revocation of benefits of such program
 in certain circumstances

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

 1 Section 1. Section 485-a of the real property tax law, as amended by
 2 chapter 132 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 485-a. Residential-commercial urban exemption program. 1. Defi-
 4 nitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
 5 following meanings:
 6 (a) "Municipality" means any town, city or village except for a city
 7 having more than one million inhabitants.
 8 (b) "Applicant" means any person obligated to pay real property taxes
 9 on the property for which an exemption from real property taxes under
 10 this section is sought.
 11 (c) "Commercial construction work" means the modernization, rehabili-
 12 tation, expansion or other improvement of the portion of mixed-use prop-
 13 erty to be used for commercial purposes.
 14 (d) "Commercial purpose or use" means [(i)] the buying, selling or
 15 otherwise providing of goods or services directly to the public[; or
 16 (ii) a non-residential lawful use including, but not limited to, an
 17 office, hotel, retail store, brewery, distillery, restaurant, cafe, bar
 18 or tavern, gymnasium, theater, or entertainment venue which employs or
 19 is anticipated to employ a minimum of five employees primarily at the
 20 mixed-use property for which an exemption under this section is sought],
 21 including hotel services, retail stores, office space, restaurants,
 22 bars, gyms, theaters, and cafes.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00804-01-5

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 1 (e) "Mixed-use property" means property on which will exist, after
 2 completion of residential construction work or a combination of residen-
 3 tial construction work and commercial construction work, a building or
 4 structure used for both residential and commercial purposes of which, at
 5 least [forty] fifty percent of the building or structure's square
 6 footage is devoted to residential purposes or use and at least fifteen
 7 percent of the building or structure's square footage is devoted to
 8 commercial purposes or use. Only square footage existing in a story
 9 above grade shall be used in the determination of the building's
 10 percentage of residential purposes or use and commercial purposes or
 11 use.
 12 (f) "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability
 13 company, partnership, association, agency, trust, estate, foreign or
 14 domestic government or subdivision thereof, or other entity.
 15 (g) "Residential construction work" means the creation, modernization,
 16 rehabilitation, expansion or other improvement of dwelling units, other
 17 than dwelling units in a hotel, in the portion of mixed-use property to
 18 be used for residential purposes.
 19 (h) "Story above grade" means any story having its finished floor
 20 surface entirely above grade.
 21 (i) "Grade" shall mean the finished ground level adjoining the build-
 22 ing at all exterior walls.
 23 (j) "Floor area" means the horizontal areas of the several floors or
 24 any portion thereof of a