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Sponsors
24 Co-sponsors
- Rhoda Jacobs
- Jonathan Bing
- Michael Benedetto
- Richard Gottfried
- Linda Rosenthal
- Peter Abbate
- Audrey Pheffer
- Alan Maisel
- Vivian Cook
- Annette Robinson
- N. Nick Perry
- Marcos Crespo
- Grace Meng
- Nelson Castro
- Jose Rivera
- Adam Clayton Powell IV
- Vanessa Gibson
- Keith L.T. Wright
- William Boyland
- Joan Millman
- Naomi Rivera
- Inez Barron
- Adriano Espaillat
- Darryl Towns
History
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to aging
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Relates to requiring renewal notices for applications under the SCRIE program
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Ruben Diaz
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A9932
Title of bill
An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to renewal notices for applications under the SCRIE program
Purpose or general idea of bill
To put in place a reminder mechanism for renewal for senior citizens enrolled in the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption Program.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends subdivision 4 of section 467-b of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 651 of the laws of 1988 to require that the appropriate rent control agency or administrative agency shall send a notice of required renewal to each head of household receiving SCRIE via US Mail no less than 90 days prior to expiration.
Section 2 of the bill amends subdivision 4 of section 467-6 of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 689 of the laws of 1972 to require that the appropriate rent control agency or administrative agen- cy shall send a notice of required renewal to each head of household receiving SCRIE via US Mail no less than 90 days prior to expiration.
Section 3 provides for an effective date.
Justification
The Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption Program provides much needed assistance to senior citizens in New York City by supplementing their Rent payments, thereby keeping them in their homes and out of nursing homes. When this program was initially instituted it was administered by the New York City Department for the Aging. The administration of the SCRIE program has been transferred to the Finance Department, which is does not have the capacity to assist seniors in the application and renewal process for this program. As a result many recipients have missed their renewal deadlines and have been forced to endure reapplication processes and in some cases a suspension of bene- fits.
This bill is designed to make the renewal process simpler by putting in place a mechanism to remind eligible seniors to renew their benefits before they expire.
Prior legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the State of New York.
Effective date
This act shall take effect 90 days after it shall have become law: provided that the amendments to section 467-b of the real property tax law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to section 17 of chap- ter 576 of the laws of 1974, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.
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