Res. No. 2014
Resolution to establish that the interest rate be 9% per annum for Fiscal Year 2010 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), or not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) 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 amended by Local Law No. 66 of 2008, 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 two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), or not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($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 20, 2009, the Prime Rate stands at three and one-quarter percent (3.25%) 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 two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), or not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per residential unit for cooperative apartments, be nine percent (9%) per annum for Fiscal 2010; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Council establishes that the interest rate be nine percent (9%) per annum for Fiscal Year 2010 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), or not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per residential unit for cooperative apartments.
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