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Bringing Basement Apartments Into the Light Establishing a NYC Basement Board to Provide Basic Rights, Responsibilities, and Protections for Basement

Date Published:

2022-08-30

Description:

This report proposes the State adopt legislation that creates a new “Basement Resident Protection Law” to provide immediate physical and tenant protections to New Yorkers living in basement units, with clear rights and responsibilities for basement owners and dwellers...

Agency:

Comptroller (COMP)

Subject(s):

Accessibility, Government, and Housing

Report Type:

Other
A Better Way Than 421-a The High-Rising Costs of New York City's Unaffordable Tax Exemption Program

Date Published:

2022-03-16

Description:

New York City’s current property tax system is notoriously opaque, unfair, and regressive. For the past four decades, rather than dealing with its structural flaws, New York State has layered on a patchwork of exemptions and abatements to lower tax rates for various owners.

Agency:

Comptroller (COMP)

Subject(s):

Housing, Budget and Finance, and Taxation

Report Type:

Budget / Finance