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File #: Res 0191-2018    Version: * Name: LU 23 - 2524-26 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, Manhattan
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 2/15/2018 In control: Committee on Finance
On agenda: 2/15/2018 Final action: 2/15/2018
Title: Resolution approving an exemption from real property taxes for property located at (Block 2032, Lots 30 and 31) Manhattan, pursuant to Section 577 of the Private Housing Finance Law (L.U. No. 23).
Sponsors: Daniel Dromm
Attachments: 1. Housing Preservation and Development Letter, 2. Memorandum, 3. February 15, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-15-18, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 15, 2018
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
RES. NO. 191

Title
Resolution approving an exemption from real property taxes for property located at (Block 2032, Lots 30 and 31) Manhattan, pursuant to Section 577 of the Private Housing Finance Law (L.U. No. 23).
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By Council Member Dromm

WHEREAS, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development ("HPD") submitted to the Council its request dated October 20, 2017 that the Council take the following action regarding a housing project located at (Block 2032, Lots 30 and 31) Manhattan ("Exemption Area"):

Approve an exemption of the Project from real property taxes pursuant to Section 577 of the Private Housing Finance Law (the "Tax Exemption");

WHEREAS, the project description that HPD provided to the Council states that the purchaser of the Project (the "Sponsor") is a duly organized housing development fund company under Article XI of the Private Housing Finance Law;

WHEREAS, the Council has considered the financial implications relating to the Tax Exemption;

RESOLVED:

The Council hereby grants an exemption from real property taxes as follows:

1. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

a. "Company" shall mean 7th Avenue Lemor LLC.

b. "Effective Date" shall mean December 30, 2015.

c. "Exemption" shall mean the exemption from real property taxation provided hereunder.

d. "Exemption Area" shall mean the real property located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, identified as Block 2032, Lots 30 and 31 on the Tax Map of the City of New York.

e. "Expiration Date" shall mean the earlier to occur of (i) a date which is forty (40) years from the Effective Date, (ii) the date of the expiration or termination of the Regulatory Agreement, or (iii) the date upon which the Exemption Area ceases to be owned by either a housing development fund company or an entity wholly controlled by a housing development fund...

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