NY Real Prop Tax L § 489-DDDDDD (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 4 - Exemptions Title 2-F - Abatement of Tax Payments for Certain Industrial and Commercial Properties in a City of One Million or More Persons 489-DDDDDD - Applying for Benefits.

§  489-dddddd. Applying for benefits. 1. Application.  (a) Application for benefits pursuant to this title may be  made  immediately  following the  effective  date  of  a local law enacted pursuant to this title and continuing until March first, two thousand twenty-five.  (b) Application content. The preliminary and final applications  shall be  in  any  format designated by the commissioner, including electronic format. The applications shall require, and  applicants  shall  provide, information  and  documentation  sufficient to determine eligibility for abatement benefits. The required information and documentation for  both applications  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  department  by  rule. Such information and documentation may include, but need not be  limited  to, certified statements related to the project, project costs, filings with other  governmental  entities,  and work performed or to be performed on such project. At the department's sole discretion, an applicant  may  be required  to  furnish  certified  statements  made  by  the  applicant's architect or engineer or both.  (c) Compliance. The application shall also state  that  the  applicant agrees  to  comply  with and be subject to the rules issued from time to time by the department to secure compliance with  all  applicable  city, state  and  federal  laws  or  which  implement  mayoral  directives and executive orders designed to ensure  equal  employment  opportunity.  If required  by  local  law  or  rule  as described in section four hundred eighty-nine-kkkkkk of this title, such application shall also state that the applicant agrees to comply with the program established  thereby  to ensure  meaningful  participation  of  minority and women-owned business enterprises in  construction  work  for  which  the  applicant  receives benefits.  (d)  Affidavit  of  no  violations. No benefits pursuant to this title shall be granted for any construction work unless  the  applicant  shall file with the application, the affidavit required under paragraph (c) of subdivision  five  of  section  four  hundred eighty-nine-cccccc of this title.  (e) Electronic filing of application. The commissioner may,  by  rule, require  any  application  for benefits under this title to be submitted electronically  in  such  form  and  manner  as  the  commissioner   may determine. For good cause, the commissioner may waive any rule requiring electronic  filing  and may permit an application to be filed in another manner.   2.  Fees.  The  department  may  provide  by   rule   for   reasonable administrative   charges   or  fees  necessary  to  defray  expenses  in administering this benefit program.   3. (a) No benefits  pursuant  to  this  title  shall  be  granted  for construction  work  performed pursuant to a building permit issued after April first, two thousand twenty-five.  (b) If no building permit was required, then no benefits  pursuant  to this  title  shall  be  granted  for construction work that is commenced after April first, two thousand twenty-five.