File #: Res 1469-2008    Version: * Name: Establish that the interest rate be 9% per annum for FY'09 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000), or not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per residential unit.
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Finance
On agenda: 6/12/2008
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution to establish that the interest rate be 9% per annum for Fiscal Year 2009 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000), or not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per residential unit for cooperative apartments.
Sponsors: David I. Weprin
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Attachments: 1. Committee Report 6/12/08, 2. Hearing Transcript 6/12/08, 3. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting Recessed 5/28/08, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6/12/08
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6/12/2008*David I. Weprin City Council Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/12/2008*David I. Weprin City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/12/2008*David I. Weprin City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/12/2008*David I. Weprin Committee on Finance Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/12/2008*David I. Weprin Committee on Finance P-C Item Approved by CommPass Action details Meeting details Not available

Preconsidered Res. No. 1469

 

Resolution to establish that the interest rate be 9% per annum for Fiscal Year 2009 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000), or not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per residential unit for cooperative apartments.

 

By Council Member Weprin

 

                     Whereas, Pursuant to Section 11-224.1 the Administrative Code of the City of New York, as added by Local Law No. 62 of 2005, the Banking Commission is required to recommend to the City Council, not later than the 25th 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 eighty thousand dollars ($80,000), or not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) 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, 2008, the Prime Rate stands at five percent (5%) as published by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; and

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

                     Whereas, The Banking Commission recommended to the City Council, that the interest rate to be charged for non-payment of taxes on properties where the assessed value on a parcel is not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000), or not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per residential unit for cooperative apartments, be nine percent (9%) per annum for Fiscal 2009; now, therefore, be it

 

                     Resolved, That the Council establishes that the interest rate be nine percent (9%) per annum for Fiscal Year 2009 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000), or not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per residential unit for cooperative apartments.

                     

AB

6/04/08

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