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History
- Substituted by A7327A
- Ordered to third reading cal.1509
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to cities
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Requires assessment-rolls to be published and searchable on the department of finance website
Vetoed · Sponsor Dan Quart
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5771
Title of bill
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring assessment-rolls to be published on the department of finance website
Purpose or general idea of bill
To provide individuals with information included in the assessment rolls in an accessible format.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends the administrative code of the City of New York by adding a new section 11-218.1 which will require the Commissioner of Finance to publish assessment rolls on the Department of Finance website in a manner to allow visitors to search information easily.
The commissioner of finance shall publish information regarding how a property is derived on the website in a searchable database.
The information published shall contain address, block, lot, and tax class and a list of comparable properties that the assessors nave used for class one and two properties, the base and overall capitalization rates for class four properties, the fair market value, the target assessment ration, the actual assessed value, whether an assessment cap or transitional assessment Process is in use, the assessed value with the cap or transition, a list of applicable exemptions, the taxable assessed value, the nominal tax rate, the base tax liability and a list of abatements applied and the amount of each abatement.
Section 2 contains the effective date.
Justification
Currently, taxpayers do not have easy access to the information used to assess their property. By allowing taxpayers to search the assessment roll online, instead of requiring them to download the entire database will ensure that the assessment process is transparent to taxpayers in a meaningful way.
Prior legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This bill would rake effect on the two hundred seventieth day after it shall have become a law.
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