STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5876 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to provide a real property tax exemption for Bokharian Communi- ties Center Inc. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or any 2 other law to the contrary, real property designated on the tax map of 3 the city of New York as Block 7248 Lot 44 in the borough of Queens, may 4 be eligible for exemption from real property taxes pursuant to section 5 420-a of the real property tax law for tax years 2013-2014, based upon a 6 showing that the real property was purchased and held on behalf of 7 Bokharian Communities Center Inc. for these tax years, and the property 8 has been used exclusively by such organization for carrying out reli- 9 gious purposes and is currently being used for such purposes. If satis- 10 fied that the real property meets the criteria above and such not-for- 11 profit organization would otherwise be entitled to such exemption, the 12 assessor shall grant an exemption for the above-referenced tax years and 13 the city of New York may cancel and annul any unpaid real property taxes 14 that accrued on such property for the tax years when the property was 15 held for the benefit of Bokharian Communities Center Inc., together with 16 any interest accruing on such unpaid real property taxes. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08585-01-9