Preconsidered Res. No. 559

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Resolution amending and restating the 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 indebtness thereof, for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2010 and ending on June 30, 2011, 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.
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By Council Member Recchia

Whereas, on May 6, 2010, 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, 2010 and ending on June 30, 2011 ("Fiscal 2011"); and
Whereas, on May 25, 2010, 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 2011, 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 2011 Assessment Rolls"); and
Whereas, on June 29, 2010, 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 2011 pursuant to Section 1803-a(1), Real Property Tax Law (the "Current Base Proportion Resolution"); and
Whereas, on June 29, 2010, 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 2011, to reflect the additions to, and full or partial removal from, the Fiscal 2011 Assessment Rolls (the "Adjusted Base Proportion Resolution"); and
Whereas, on June 29, 2010, 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 2011 (the "Fiscal 2011 Budget"); and
Whereas, on June 29, 2010, 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 2011 Budget as approved by the Council (the "Fiscal 2011 Budget Statement") and an estimate of the probable amount of receipts into the City treasury during Fiscal 2011 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 2011 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 2011.
a. Determining the Amount of the Real Property Tax Levy.
The total amount of the Fiscal 2011 Budget as set forth in the Fiscal 2011 Budget Statement is $63,077,044,552.
The estimate of the probable amount of receipts into the City treasury during Fiscal 2011 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 2011 Revenue Estimate is $46,297,461,552.
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 $16,779,583,000, which is derived from deducting the amount set forth in the Fiscal 2011 Revenue Estimate from the amount of the Fiscal 2011 Budget.
In order to achieve a real property tax yield of $16,779,583,000 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 $18,323,689,139 will be required, calculated as follows:
Not Subject to the 2 1/2 Percent Tax Limitation:
For Debt Service:
Funded Debt $843,582,442
Amount Required for Debt Service and Financing as: Provision for Uncollectible
Taxes $70,138,039
Provision for Refunds $19,808,090
Collection of Prior Years'
Levies ($12,317,213) $921,211,358
Subject to the 2 1/2 Percent Tax Limitation:
For Debt Service:
Temporary Debt
Interest on Temporary Debt $74,623,611
For General Operating Expenses:
Funds Required $15,861,376,947
Amount Required for Debt Service and Operating Expenses as: Provision for Uncollectible
Taxes $1,324,968,100
Provision for Refunds $374,191,910
Collection of Prior Years'
Levies ($232,682,787) 17,402,477,781
TOTAL REAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY $18,323.689.139
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:
For payment of debt service not subject to the 2 1/2 percent tax limitation: For debt service on short-term debt subject to the 2 1/2 percent tax limitation: 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 2011 Budget in excess of the amount of revenues estimated in the Fiscal 2011 Revenue Estimate: $843,582,442 $74,623,611 $15,861,376,947
b. Authorizing and Fixing the Real Property Tax Rates.
(i) Assessed Valuation Calculations of Taxable Real Property in the City. The Fiscal 2011 Assessment Rolls set forth the following valuations by class within each borough of the City.
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 Pugoses
Manhattan $694,859,641 $36,090,124,840 $4,221,032,984 $52,382,865,447 $93,388,882,912
The Bronx 1,338,758,191 2,908,204,541 1,399,402,484 2,755,929,079 8,402,294,295
Brooklyn 4,677,682,949 6,304,610,491 2,404,781,168 5,844,836,152 19,231,910,760
Queens 6,659,725,453 5,703,043,490 2,367,313,235 8,359,954,275 23,090,036,453
Staten Island 2,446,986,667 258,640,690 643,453,013 1,527,099,267 4,876,179,637
TOTAL $15,818,012,901 $51,264,624,052 $11,035,982,884 $70,870,684,220 $148,989,304,057

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 $924,693 $90,829,607 $0 $40,500 $91,794,800
The Bronx 14,161,154 3,689,230|99|15,201 17,865,585
Brooklyn 41,873,712 10,806,838|99|26,649 52,707,199
Queens 79,775,808 32,427,035|99|38,973 112,241,816
Staten Island 47,019,564 988,932|99|9,279 48,017,775
TOTAL $183,754,931 $138,741,642 $0 $130,602 $322,627,175

*Includes condominiums of three stories 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.
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 $5,588,462 $217,090,883 $319,240 $222,998,585
The Bronx 80,316,856 31,668,580 95,644 112,081,080
Brooklyn 254,565,732 84,976,507 453,222 339,995,461
Queens 369,475,761 153,941,530 516,783 523,934.074
Staten Island 155,332,247 5,648,998 101,030 161,082,275
TOTAL $865,279,058 $493,326,498 $1,485,919 $1,360,091,475

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** All Other Real Property Total Assessment of Veterans' Property Exempted under Section 425, Real Property Tax Law, for School Purposes
Manhattan $0 $8,737 $0 $8,737
The Bronx 35,114 31,738|99|66,852
Brooklyn 55,019 21,731 1,125 77,875
Queens 61,413 67,501 369 129,283
Staten Island 41,942 9,121|99|51,063
TOTAL $193,488 $138,828 $1,494 $333,810

*Includes condominiums of three stories 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 2011 Budget pursuant to clause (iii) of subsection (a) of Section|9
9|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"). *
The Operating Limit Provisions require that the City not raise an amount by tax 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 or 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.
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 Office of Real Property Services ("ORPS") pursuant to Section 1251, Real Property Tax Law, as shown below:
Assessed Assessment Full
Fiscal Year Valuations Percentage Valuations
2007 116,477,764,261 0.1599 $728,441,302,445
2008 125,777,268,853 0.1703 738,562,941,004
2009 134,294,731,881 0.1848 726,703,094,594
2010 143,334,172,616 0.1852 773,942,616,717
2011 149,311,931,232 0.1770 843,570,232,949
AVERAGE $762,244,037,542
2 1/2 percent thereof for Fiscal 2011 $19,056,100,939
Less debt service subject to the 2 1/2 percent tax limitation:
Temporary debt
Interest on temporary debt ($74,623,611)

Less aggregate amount of district charges subject to the 2 1/2 percent tax limitation ($85.488 624)
Constitutional amount subject to the limitation which may be raised for
other than debt service in accordance with the provisions of Section 10,
Article VIII, of the State Constitution $18,895 988 704
* The amount to be raised by tax on real property for purposes of the Operating Limit determination is equal to the real property tax levy as reduced by the net reductions in amounts collected as authoriled by New York State law.
(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 2011 tax rates for the four classes of properties:
All One-, Two- and Three-Family
Residential Real Property* 15.4608
All Other Residential Real Property 37.4187
Utility Real Property 7.5649
All Other Real Property 39.5556
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 2011 (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 0.16891 0.12682 0.11929 0.09713
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 0.00897 0.00671 0.00631 0 00514
Decimal rate on adjusted proportion for all purposes 0 17788 0.13353 0,12560 0 10227

*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 All Other
Residential Residential Utility All Other
Real Real Real Real
Property* Property Property Property


*Includes condominiums of three stories or fewer which have always been condominiums.
Section 2. Authorization of the Levy of Real Property Taxes for Fiscal 2011.
Pursuant to Section 1517 of the Charter, the Council hereby authorizes and directs the Commissioner to (i) set down in the Fiscal 2011 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.
Pursuant to Section 1518 of the Charter, immediately upon the completion of the Fiscal 2011 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 2011 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.

THE CITY OF NEW YORK
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10007
June 29,2010
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, 2010 and ending June 30, 2011(Fiscal Year 2011) the amount of appropriation is:
Amounts Appropriated $63,077,044,552
The probable amounts and sources of revenues
(other than Real Property Taxes) for Fiscal Year 2011,
as estimated by me pursuant to Section 1515 of the Charter, are as set forth below:
Taxes (excluding Real Property Taxes) $21,522,907,000
Miscellaneous Revenues $4,295,903,050
Grants:
Federal 6,795,896,872
State 11,281,864,390
Provision for Disallowances (15,000,000)
Unrestricted State and Federal Aid 14,407,069
Other Categorical Aid 1,233,722,782
Transfer from Capital Funds 558,160,389
Tax Audit Revenue 622,000,000
Tax Program (12,400,000)
$24,774,554,552
Making the total amount of the Expense Budget for the Fiscal Year 2011 to be financed by Real Property Taxes (after provision for uncollectibles, refunds and collection of prior years' levies): $16,779,583,000
In order to achieve the required Real Property Tax yield of $16,779,583,000, a Real Property Tax levy of $18,323,689,139 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 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 $17,402,477,781 $921,211,358

Total amount of Real Property Taxes to be
levied for the Fiscal Year 2011 is $18,323,689,139
Very truly yours,

Michael R. Bloo berg Mayor
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF WARRANT
WARRANT
To David M. Frankel, 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, 2010.
Public Advocate of the City of New York
Clerk of the City of New York
(SEAL)