File #: Res 0889-2019    Version: * Name: Establish that the interest rate be 7 percent per annum for FY'20 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than $250,000, or not more than $250,000 per residential unit for cooperative apartments.
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Finance
On agenda: 5/29/2019
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution to establish that the interest rate be 7 percent per annum for Fiscal Year 2020 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than $250,000, or not more than $250,000 per residential unit for cooperative apartments.
Sponsors: Daniel Dromm
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Attachments: 1. Res. No. 889, 2. Banking Commission Letter, 3. Committee Report, 4. Hearing Transcript, 5. May 29, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 6. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-29-19, 7. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - May 29, 2019, 8. Minutes of the Recessed Meeting of May 29, 2019 Held on June 13, 2019
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5/29/2019*Daniel Dromm City Council Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
5/29/2019*Daniel Dromm City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/29/2019*Daniel Dromm City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/29/2019*Daniel Dromm Committee on Finance Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/29/2019*Daniel Dromm Committee on Finance P-C Item Approved by Committee with Companion ResolutionPass Action details Meeting details Not available

Preconsidered Res. No. 889

Resolution to establish that the interest rate be 7 percent per annum for Fiscal Year 2020 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than $250,000, or not more than $250,000 per residential unit for cooperative apartments.

 

By Council Member Dromm

 

                     Whereas, Pursuant to Section 11-224.1 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York the Banking Commission is required to recommend to the City Council, not later than the 13th day of May of each year, the proposed interest rate to be charged for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than $250,000, or not more than $250,000 per residential unit for cooperative apartments; and

                     Whereas, The Banking Commission is required to propose a rate at least equal to the prevailing interest rate charged for commercial loans extended to prime borrowers by commercial banks operating in the City (the “Prime Rate”); and

                     Whereas, The Banking Commission notes that as of May 9, 2019, the Prime Rate stands at four and three-quarters percent as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and

Whereas, It is in the best interest of the City to encourage the prompt payment of taxes on real estate by all large taxpayers; and

Whereas, The Banking Commission forwarded its recommendation to the Council, by letter dated May 9, 2019, that the interest rate to be charged for the non-payment of taxes on properties where the assessed value on a parcel is not more than $250,000, or not more than $250,000 per residential unit for cooperative apartments, be 7 percent per annum for Fiscal Year 2020; now, therefore, be it

                     Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York establishes that the interest rate be 7 percent per annum for Fiscal Year 2020 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than $250,000, or not more than $250,000 per residential unit for cooperative apartments.

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5/28/19