Local Law 249 was passed by the New York City Council on November 16, 2017, and took effect July 1, 2018. The law
requires the Department of Finance (DOF) to notify property owners when real estate instruments are recorded on their
properties.
This report provides data on Commercial Rent Tax (CRT) liability at the taxpayer and premises level.
The data sources for this report are taxpayers’ CRT tax year 2018 (June 1, 2017 – May 31, 2018)
returns and CRT collections data from Department of Finance records.
Local Law 249 passed by the City Council on November 16, 2017, which took effect July 1, 2018, requires the New York City Department of Finance (DOF) to send notification of recording of real estate instruments.
On or before May 1 of each year, The Department of Finance is required to submit an annual report to the New York City Council no later than May 1 detailing the activities of OTA during the preceding year
DOF must provide by November 1st of each year a publicly available report on outstanding
judgment debt resulting from notices of violation issued by various City agencies and returnable
to the Environmental Control Board and subsequently referred for collection during the previous
fiscal year.
The ombudspersons provide data regarding their work at the end of each fiscal year and make annual recommendations to the commissioner of DOF regarding Rent Freeze Program operations
In compliance with Local Law 84 of
2009. Since 2009, DCAS has coordinated with City agencies to benchmark nearly 3,000
public buildings including libraries, police stations, firehouses, schools, colleges,
courthouses, hospitals, community centers and government offices.
The New York City mortgage recording tax (MRT) is an excise tax imposed on the recording of a
mortgage on real property located in New York City, and is payable when the mortgage is recorded at
the City Register’s Office or, for properties located in Staten Island, Richmond County
The Real Property Transfer Tax (RPTT) is imposed on the consideration for the following conveyances
or transfers where the consideration exceeds $25,000: