THE COUNCIL June 7, 2001 Res. No. 1973 Title Resolution to provide the amounts necessary for the support of the Government of the City of New York and the counties therein and for the payment of indebtedness thereof, for the Fiscal Year beginning on July 1, 2001 and ending on June 30, 2002 by the levy of taxes on the Real Property in the City of New York, in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of the State of New York, the Real Property Tax Law and the Charter of the City of New York. Body By Council Member Berman Whereas, on April 25, 2001, pursuant to the Section 249 of the Charter of the City of New York ("the Charter"), the Mayor of the City of New York (the "Mayor") submitted to the Council of the City of New York (the "Council"), the executive budget for the support of the government of the City of New York and the counties therein (collectively, the "City") for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2001 and ending on June 30, 2002 ("Fiscal 2002"); and Whereas, on May 25, 2001, pursuant to Section 1514 of the Charter, the Commissioner of the Department of Finance (the "Commissioner") delivered, to the Council, the certified assessment rolls for all real property assessable for taxation in the City in each borough thereof for Fiscal 2002, a certified copy of which is in the Office of the Clerk of the City pursuant to Section 516, Real Property Tax Law (the "Fiscal 2002 Assessment Rolls"); and Whereas, on June 7, 2001, the Council adopted a resolution in which the Council computed and certified the current base proportion, the current percentage and the base percentage of each class of real property in the City for Fiscal 2002 pursuant to Section 1803-a(1), Real Property Tax Law (the "Current Base Proportion Resolution"); and Whereas, on June 7, 2001, pursuant to Section 1803-a, Real Property Tax Law, the Council adopted a resolution in which the Council adjusted the current base proportion of each class of real property in the City for Fiscal 2002, to reflect the additions to, and full or partial removal from, the Fiscal 2002 Assessment Rolls (the "Adjusted Base Proportion Resolution"); and Whereas, on June 7, 2001, pursuant to Section 254 of the Charter, the Council adopted the budget for the support of the government of the City and for the payment of indebtedness thereof for Fiscal 2002 (the "Fiscal 2002 Budget"); and Whereas, on June 7, 2001, pursuant to Section 1515(a) of the Charter, the Mayor prepared and submitted to the Council, a statement setting forth the amount of the Fiscal 2002 Budget as approved by the Council (the "Fiscal 2002 Budget Statement") and an estimate of the probable amount of receipts into the City treasury during Fiscal 2002 from all the sources of revenue of the general fund and all receipts other than those of the general fund and taxes on real property, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Fiscal 2002 Revenue Estimate"); NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by The Council of The City of New York as follows: Section 1. Fixing of Real Property Tax Rates for Fiscal 2002. a. Determining the Amount of the Real Property Tax Levy. (i) The total amount of the Fiscal 2002 Budget as set forth in the Fiscal 2002 Budget Statement is $39,698,060,747. (ii) The estimate of the probable amount of receipts into the City treasury during Fiscal 2002 from all the sources of revenue of the general fund and all receipts other than those of the general fund and taxes on real property as set forth in the Fiscal 2002 Revenue Estimate is $31,220,089,590. (iii) Pursuant to Section 1516 of the Charter, the Council hereby determines that the amount required to be raised by tax on real property shall be $8,477,971,157, which is derived from deducting the amount set forth in the Fiscal 2002 Revenue Estimate from the amount of the Fiscal 2002 Budget. (iv) In order to achieve a real property tax yield of $8,477,971,157, due to provision for uncollectible taxes and refunds and collection of levies from prior years, the Council hereby determines that a real property tax levy of $9,271,238,485 will be required, calculated as follows: The Council hereby determines that such amount, levied at such rates on the classes of real property pursuant to paragraph (iv) of subsection b below, will produce a balanced budget within generally accepted accounting principles for municipalities. (v) The real property tax levy, net of provision for uncollectible taxes and refunds and the collection of levies from prior years, determined pursuant to clause (iv) above shall be applied as follows: (A) For payment of debt service not subject to the 2 1/2 percent tax limitation: $1,050,563,394 (B) For debt service on short-term debt subject to the 2 1/2 percent tax limitation: $36,458,333 (C) To provide for conducting the public business of the City and to pay the appropriated expenditures for the counties therein as set forth in the Fiscal 2002 Budget in excess of the amount of revenues estimated in the Fiscal 2002 Revenue Estimate: $7,390,949,430 b. Authorizing and Fixing the Real Property Tax Rates. (i) Assessed Valuation Calculations of Taxable Real Property in the City. The Fiscal 2002 Assessment Rolls set forth the following valuations by class within each borough of the City. (A) The assessed valuation by class of real property for the purpose of taxation in each borough of the City, exclusive of the assessed valuation of veterans' real property exempt under state law from tax for general purposes but subject to tax for school purposes is set forth below: Assessment by Class of Property Subject to Taxation for All Purposes Borough All One, Two and Three Family Residential Real Property* All Other Residential Real Property Utility Real Property All Other Real Property Assessment of Property Subject to Taxation for All Purposes Manhattan $408,345,864 $19,549,023,469 $2,375,510,815 $30,911,667,401 $53,244,547,549 The Bronx 897,117,907 2,112,996,767 666,191,790 1,647,691,140 5,323,997,604 Brooklyn 3,231,686,586 4,030,499,359 1,372,115,423 3,532,378,507 12,166,679,875 Queens 4,652,265,651 4,088,008,925 1,664,147,163 4,973,401,598 15,377,823,337 Staten Island 1,604,325,718 186,074,592 452,834,094 922,246,111 3,165,480,515 TOTAL $10,793,741,726 $29,966,603,112 $6,530,799,285 $41,987,384,757 $89,278,528,880 (B) The assessed valuation by class of veterans' real property exempt under state law from tax for general purposes but subject to tax for school purposes in each borough of the City is set forth below: Assessment by Class of Veterans' Property Exempted under State Law from Tax for General Purposes but Subject to Tax for School Purposes Borough All One, Two and Three Family Residential Real Property* All Other Residential Real Property Utility Real Property All Other Real Property Total Assessment of Veterans' Property Exempted under State Law from Tax for General Purposes but Subject to Tax for School Purposes Manhattan $607,776 $53,193,131 $0 $5,000 $53,805,907 The Bronx 13,217,098 2,708,501 |1013| 9,094 15,934,693 Brooklyn 40,927,233 5,745,575 |1013| 38,463 46,711,271 Queens 78,070,688 25,099,795 |1013| 24,173 103,194,656 Staten Island 40,789,035 590,051 |1013| 8,725 41,387,811 TOTAL $173,611,830 $87,337,053 $0 $85,455 $261,034,338 *Includes condominiums of three stores or fewer which have always been condominiums. (ii) Chapter 389 of the Laws of 1997 established a new real property tax exemption providing school tax relief (Section 425, Real Property Tax Law). Pursuant to subdivision 8 of Section 425, the assessment by tax class of property subject to taxation for all purposes and the assessment by tax class of veterans' real property exempt under state law from tax for general purposes but subject to tax for school purposes has been increased by the amounts shown below for purposes of: (a) determining the City's tax and debt limits pursuant to law; (b) determining the amount of taxes to be levied; (c) calculating tax rates by tax class; and (d) apportioning taxes among classes in a special assessing unit under Article 18, Real Property Tax Law. (A) The assessed valuation by class of real property for the purpose of taxation in each borough of the City exempted under Section 425, Real Property Tax Law, exclusive of the assessed valuation of veterans' real property exempt under state law from tax for general purposes but subject to tax for school purposes is set forth below: Assessment by Class of Property Exempted under Section 425, Real Property Tax Law, for All Purposes Borough All One, Two and Three Family Residential Real Property* All Other Residential Real Property** All Other Real Property Exempted under Section 425, Real Property Tax Law, for All Purposes Manhattan $4,245,970 $151,830,499 $34,920 $156,111,389 The Bronx 63,066,448 16,829,860 5,170 79,901,478 Brooklyn 203,647,060 35,490,782 29,740 239,167,582 Queens 308,222,887 85,010,248 40,219 393,273,354 Staten Island 117,909,916 2,531,720 5,820 120,447,456 TOTAL $697,092,281 $291,693,109 $115,869 $988,901,259 (B) The assessed valuation by class of veterans' real property exempt under state law from tax for general purposes and exempt under Section 425, Real Property Tax Law, for school purposes in each borough of the city is set forth below: Assessment by Class of Veterans' Property Exempted under Section 425, Real Property Tax Law, for School Purposes Borough All One, Two and Three Family Residential Real Property* All Other Residential Real Property ** Total Assessment of Veteran's Property Exempted under Section 425, Real Property Tax Law, for School Purposes Manhattan $1,680 $1,834 $3,514 The Bronx 26,417 4,4444 30,861 Brooklyn 53,863 4,144 58,007 Queens 48,857 5,749 54,606 Staten Island 21,645 |1013| 21,645 TOTAL $152,462 $16,171 $168,633 *Includes condominiums of three stores or fewer which have always been condominiums. ** Only residential real property held in the cooperative or condominium form of ownership qualifies for the real property tax exemption providing school tax relief. (iii) Operating Limit Provisions. The Council hereby determines that the amount to be raised by tax on real property for the Fiscal 2002 Budget pursuant to clause (iii) of subsection (a) of Section 1 hereof does not exceed the limit imposed by Section 10, Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of New York, as amended, and Article 12-A, Real Property Tax Law (the "Operating Limit Provisions"). (A) The Operating Limit Provisions require that the City not levy taxes on real property in any fiscal year in excess of an amount equal to a combined total of two and one-half percent (2 1/2 %) of the average full valuation of taxable real property, less (i) the amount to be raised by tax on real property in such year for the payment of the interest on and the redemption of certificates of other evidence of indebtedness described therein and (ii) the aggregate amount of district charges, exclusive of debt service, imposed in such year by business improvement districts pursuant to Article 19-A, General Municipal Law. (B) The Operating Limit Provisions require that average full valuations of taxable real property be determined by taking the assessed valuations of taxable real property on the last completed assessment roll and the four (4) preceding assessment rolls of the City and applying thereto the special equalization ratios which such assessed valuations of each such roll bear to the full valuations as fixed and determined by the State Board of Real Property Services ("SBRPS") pursuant to Section 1251, Real Property Tax Law, as shown below: Fiscal Year Assessed Valuations Assessment Percentage Full Valuations (iv) Adjusted Base Proportions. Pursuant to the Adjusted Base Proportion Resolution, the Council certified the following adjusted base proportions to be used in determining the Fiscal 2002 tax rates for the four classes of properties: All One-, Two- and Three-Family Residential Real Property*....................................................... 14.0483 All Other Residential Real Property...................... 34.9442 Utility Real Property........................................ 7.4178 All Other Real Property....................................... 43.5897 Total 100.0000 *Includes condominiums of three stories or fewer which have always been condominiums. (v) Tax Rates on Adjusted Base Proportions. (A) Pursuant to Section 1516 of the Charter, the Council hereby authorizes and fixes the rates of tax for Fiscal 2002 (1) by class upon each dollar of assessed valuation of real property subject to taxation for all purposes of, and within, the City, as fixed in cents and thousandths of a cent per dollar of assessed valuation, as follows: All One, Two and Three Family Residential Real Property* All Other Residential Real Property Utility Real Property All Other Real Property Subject to the 2 1/2 percent tax limitation as authorized by Article VIII, Section 10, of the State Constitution including a reserve for uncollectible taxes 0.10459 0.09453 0.09226 0.08432 Not subject to the 2 1/2 percent tax limitation as authorized by Article VIII, Sections 10 and 11 of the State Constitution including a reserve for uncollectible taxes 0.01492 0.01339 0.01304 0.01193 Decimal rate on adjusted proportion for all purposes 0.11951 0.10792 0.10530 0.09625 *Includes condominiums of three stories or fewer which have always been condominiums. and (2) by class upon each dollar of assessed valuation of veterans' real property exempt under state law from tax for general purposes but subject to tax for school purposes of, and within, the City, as fixed in cents and thousandths of a cent per dollar of assessed valuation, as follows: All One, Two and Three Family Residential Real Property* All Other Residential Real Property Utility Real Property All Other Real Property Subject to the 2 1/2 percent tax limitation as authorized by Article VIII, Section 10, of the State Constitution including a reserve for uncollectible taxes 0.06967 0.06324 0.00000 0.05647 Not subject to the 2 1/2 percent tax limitation as authorized by Article VIII, Sections 10 and 11, of the State Constitution including a reserve for uncollectible taxes 0.00241 0.00218 0.00000 0.00195 Decimal rate on adjusted proportion for all veteran's property exempted under state law from tax for general purposes but subject to tax for school purposes 0.07208 0.06542 0.00000 0.05842 *Includes condominiums of three stories or fewer which have always been condominiums. Section 2. Authorization of the Levy of Real Property Taxes for Fiscal 2002 . a. Pursuant to Section 1517 of the Charter, the Council hereby authorizes and directs the Commissioner to (i) set down in the Fiscal 2002 Assessment Rolls, opposite to the several sums set down as the valuation of real property, the respective sums, in dollars and cents, to be paid as a tax thereon, rejecting the fractions of a cent and add and set down the aggregate valuations of real property in the boroughs of the City and (ii) send a certificate of such aggregate valuation in each such borough to the Comptroller of the State. b. Pursuant to Section 1518 of the Charter, immediately upon the completion of the Fiscal 2002 Assessment Rolls, the City Clerk shall procure the proper warrants in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B to be signed by the Public Advocate of the City ("Public Advocate") and counter-signed by the City Clerk authorizing and requiring the Commissioner to collect the several sums therein mentioned according to law and immediately thereafter the Fiscal 2002 Assessment Rolls of each borough shall be delivered by the Public Advocate to the Commissioner with proper warrants, so signed and counter-signed, annexed thereto. Section 3. Effective Date. This resolution shall take effect as of the date hereof. EXHIBIT A June 7, 2001 To The HONORABLE COUNCIL of THE CITY OF NEW YORK For the Expense Budget of the City of New York as adopted by the Council pursuant to Section 254 of the Charter for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2001 and ending June 30, 2002 (Fiscal Year 2002) the amount of appropriation is: Amounts Appropriated $39,698,060,747 The probable amounts and sources of revenues (other than Real Property Taxes) for Fiscal Year 2002, as estimated by me pursuant to Section 1515 of the Charter, are as set forth below: Taxes (excluding Real Property Taxes) $13,731,380,000 Miscellaneous Revenues 3,317,673,551 Grants: Federal 4,442,392,592 State 7,941,158,988 Provision for Disallowances (15,000,000) Unrestricted State and Federal Aid 706,418,737 Other Categorical Aid 391,860,603 Transfer from Capital Funds 317,070,119 Omnibus Tax Reduction (100,000,000) Tax Audit Revenue 487,135,000 $17,488,709,590 Making the total amount of the Expense Budget for the Fiscal Year 2002 to be financed by Real Property Taxes (after provision for uncollectibles, refunds and collection of prior years' levies): $8,477,971,157 In order to achieve the required Real Property Tax yield of $8,477,971,157 a Real Property Tax levy of $9,271,238,485 will be required: The amount of taxes on real estate to be levied subject to the 2 1/2 percent tax limitation as authorized by Article VIII Section 10 of the State Constitution including a provision for uncollectible taxes $8,122,375,911 The amount of taxes on real estate to be levied not subject to the 2 1/2 percent tax limitation as authorized by Article VIII Sections 10 and 11(a) of the State Constitution including a provision for uncollectible taxes 1,148,862,574 Total amount of Real Property Taxes to be levied for the Fiscal Year 2002 is $9,271,238,485 Sincerely, Rudolph W. Giuliani Mayor EXHIBIT B FORM OF WARRANT WARRANT To Andrew S. Eristoff, the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York: You are hereby authorized and required, in accordance with the provisions of the Real Property Tax Law and the Charter of the City of New York, to collect the real property tax on the properties named and described in the real property assessment roll in accordance with the assessments thereon and the tax rates fixed by the City Council for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2001. Public Advocate of the City of New York Clerk of the City of New York (SEAL) Adopted. Office of the City Clerk, The City of New York }ss.: I hereby certify that the foregoing matter is a true copy of a Resolution passed by The Council of The City of New York on June XXX, 2001, on file in this office. _____________________________ City Clerk, Clerk of the Council |913|