File #: 21-LL-B    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Local Law Status: Passed
File created: 1/28/2021 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: Final action: 4/12/2021
Title: LOCAL LAW NO. "B" FOR 2021: A LOCAL LAW OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY PROVIDING FOR REDUCTION OF THE REDEMPTION PERIOD TO ONE YEAR FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY WHICH HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY IT PURSUANT TO NEW YORK STATE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW SECTION 1111-a (SUBD. 2 (B)) TO BE VACANT AND ABANDONED
Sponsors: Matthew T. Peter, Carolyn McLaughlin, Andrew Joyce, Dennis A. Feeney, Robert J. Beston, Norma J. Chapman, William M. Clay, Mickey Cleary, Frank J. Commisso, Joanne Cunningham, Gary W. Domalewicz, Beroro T. Efekoro, Gilbert F. Ethier, Raymond F. Joyce, Jeffrey D. Kuhn, Lynne Lekakis, David B. Mayo, Alison McLean Lane, Victoria Plotsky, Dustin M. Reidy, William Reinhardt, Bill L. Ricard, Sean E. Ward, Jennifer A. Whalen, Wanda F. Willingham, Samuel I. Fein, Matthew J. Miller, Merton D. Simpson
Attachments: 1. 21-LL-B- IND - Vacant Property
LOCAL LAW NO. "B" FOR 2021

A LOCAL LAW OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY PROVIDING FOR REDUCTION OF THE REDEMPTION PERIOD TO ONE YEAR FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY WHICH HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY IT PURSUANT TO NEW YORK STATE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW SECTION 1111-a (SUBD. 2 (B)) TO BE VACANT AND ABANDONED

Introduced: 2/8/21
By Mr. Peter, Ms. McLaughlin, Messrs. A. Joyce, Feeney, Beston, Ms. Chapman, Messrs. Clay, Cleary, Commisso, Ms. Cunningham, Messrs. Domalewicz, Efekoro, Ethier, R. Joyce, Kuhn, Ms. Lekakis, Mr. Mayo, Mss. McLean Lane, Plotsky, Messrs. Reidy, Reinhardt, Ricard, Ward, Mss. Whalen, Willingham, Messrs. Fein, Miller and Simpson:

BE IT ENACTED by the Legislature of the County of Albany as follows:
Section 1. Legislative Intent and purpose.
A. Section 11 Il-a of the Real Property Tax Law provides that, except in cities with a population of one million or more, the enforcing officer of a local municipality or his or her agent may determine that residential real property located therein may be subject to a redemption period of one year, only if the enforcing officer or his or her agent makes an affidavit to that effect and the property has been placed on a local municipal roll, or registry or list of vacant and abandoned property maintained by the taxing municipality
B. Section 1122 (subd. 2 (b)) of the Real Property Tax Law provides that a Tax District may have a separate roll registry or list for residential property identified by a local municipality pursuant to Section 1 Ill-a of the Real Property Tax Law as being vacant and abandoned.
C. Section 1110 (subd. 2) of the Real Property Tax Law provides that a Tax District may reduce the redemption period for residential vacant and abandoned property located within a local municipality to one year provided the property has been placed on a vacant and abandoned roll, or registry or list prior to the date on which real property taxes became delinquent in the lo...

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