§ 489-gggg. Conversion of property. 1. Any recipient whose property is the subject of a certificate of eligibility for commercial or renovation construction work, and who, prior to the expiration of the benefit period, uses such property as industrial property, shall continue to receive benefits for commercial or renovation construction work as the case may be.

Terms Used In N.Y. Real Property Tax Law 489-GGGG

  • Benefit period: means the period of time when a recipient is eligible to receive benefits pursuant to this title, including in the case of a recipient of a certificate of eligibility for commercial construction work in a deferral area, the period of time tax payments are to be deferred, the interim period when no tax payments are to be deferred and no deferred tax payments are required to be made, and the period of time when the deferred tax payments are to be made. See N.Y. Real Property Tax Law 489-AAAA
  • Commercial construction work: means the construction of a new building or structure, or portion thereof, or the modernization, rehabilitation, expansion, or other improvement of an existing building or structure, or portion thereof, for use as commercial property. See N.Y. Real Property Tax Law 489-AAAA
  • Commercial property: means nonresidential property (a) on which will exist after completion of commercial construction work, a building or structure used for the buying, selling or otherwise providing of goods or services including hotel services, or for other lawful business, commercial or manufacturing activities; and (b) (i) where, except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph and paragraph (c) of this subdivision, not more than fifteen per centum of the total net square footage of any building or structure on such property was used for manufacturing activities at any one or more times during the twenty-four months immediately preceding the date of application for a certificate of eligibility or (ii) where not more than fifteen per centum of the total net square footage of any building or structure on such property was used for manufacturing activities at any one or more times during the sixty months immediately preceding the date of application for a certificate of eligibility if such property is located, in whole or in part, in the area in the borough of Manhattan lying south of the center line of 96th Street; and (c) in the commercial revitalization area, and with respect to an application for a certificate of eligibility filed on or after July first, two thousand, "commercial property" means nonresidential property on which will exist after completion of commercial construction work, a building or structure used for the buying, selling or otherwise providing of goods or services including hotel services, or for other lawful business, commercial or manufacturing activities. See N.Y. Real Property Tax Law 489-AAAA
  • Deferral area: means an area in which deferral of payment of real property taxes in accordance with subdivision four of section four hundred eighty-nine-bbbb of this title shall be available to a recipient who has performed commercial construction work. See N.Y. Real Property Tax Law 489-AAAA
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Industrial construction work: means the construction of a new building or structure or the modernization, rehabilitation, expansion or improvement of an existing building or structure for use as industrial property. See N.Y. Real Property Tax Law 489-AAAA
  • Industrial property: means nonresidential property on which will exist after completion of industrial construction work a building or structure wherein at least seventy-five per centum of the total net square footage is used or immediately available and held out for use for manufacturing activities involving the assembly of goods or the fabrication or processing of raw materials. See N.Y. Real Property Tax Law 489-AAAA
  • Recipient: means an applicant to whom a certificate of eligibility has been issued pursuant to this title, or the successor in interest of such applicant, provided that where a person who has entered into a lease or purchase agreement with the owner or lessee of exempt property has been a co-applicant, such person or the successor in interest of such person shall be the recipient. See N.Y. Real Property Tax Law 489-AAAA
  • Regular exemption area: means an area in which a regular exemption from taxes in accordance with subdivision three of section four hundred eighty-nine-bbbb of this title shall be available to a recipient who performs commercial construction work. See N.Y. Real Property Tax Law 489-AAAA
  • Renovation construction work: means the modernization, rehabilitation, expansion or improvement of an existing building or structure, or portion thereof, for use as commercial property in a renovation exemption area where such modernization, rehabilitation, expansion or improvement is physically and functionally integrated with the existing building or structure, or portion thereof, does not increase the bulk of the existing building or structure by more than thirty per centum and does not increase the height of the existing building or structure by more than thirty per centum. See N.Y. Real Property Tax Law 489-AAAA
  • Residential property: means property, other than property used for hotel purposes, on which exists or will exist, upon completion of construction work, a building or structure used for residential purposes. See N.Y. Real Property Tax Law 489-AAAA
  • Restricted activity: means any entertainment activity which the department of finance has identified in regulations promulgated pursuant to a local law enacted pursuant to this title as an activity which, in the public interest, should not be encouraged through the benefits of this title. See N.Y. Real Property Tax Law 489-AAAA
  • Special exemption area: means an area in which the commission has determined that a special exemption from real property taxes in accordance with subdivision two of section four hundred eighty-nine-bbbb of this title shall be available to a recipient who performs commercial construction work and, in addition, means the area specified in paragraph (d) of subdivision four of section four hundred eighty-nine-cccc of this title. See N.Y. Real Property Tax Law 489-AAAA

2. Any recipient whose property is the subject of a certificate of eligibility for industrial construction work, and who, prior to the expiration of the benefit period, uses such property as commercial property, shall cease to be eligible for further exemption or abatement for industrial construction work as of the last date to which such recipient proves by clear and convincing evidence that such property was used as industrial property, and shall pay with interest any taxes for which an exemption or abatement was claimed after such date, except that:

(a) a recipient of a certificate of eligibility for industrial construction work in a special exemption area who would have been eligible to receive a certificate of eligibility for commercial construction work at the time such recipient applied for benefits shall continue to receive an exemption for industrial construction; and

(b) a recipient of a certificate of eligibility for industrial construction work in a regular exemption area who would have been eligible to receive a certificate of eligibility for commercial construction work at the time such recipient applied for benefits shall, commencing with the date of conversion to commercial property and continuing until the expiration of the benefit period for commercial construction work, receive any exemption which such recipient would have received in the corresponding tax year pursuant to a certificate of eligibility for commercial construction work; and

(c) a recipient of a certificate of eligibility for industrial construction work in any area of the city on whose property at least sixty-five per centum of the net square footage continues to be used or held out for use for manufacturing activities after conversion to commercial property, shall not be required to pay the pro rata share of tax for which an exemption was claimed during the tax year in which such conversion occurred.

3. Except as provided in subdivision four of this section, any recipient whose property is the subject of a certificate of eligibility for commercial, industrial or renovation construction work, and who uses such property as residential property or for any restricted activity prior to the expiration of the benefit period, shall cease to be eligible for further exemption, abatement or deferral as of the date such property was first used as residential property or for any restricted activity. In the case of property in an area that was designated as an exemption area at the time the certificate of eligibility was issued, such recipient shall pay with interest any taxes for which an exemption was claimed after such date, including the pro rata share of tax for which any exemption was claimed during the tax year in which such use occurred. In the case of industrial property, such recipient shall pay with interest any taxes for which an exemption or abatement was claimed after such date, including the pro rata share of tax for which any exemption or abatement was claimed during the tax year in which such use occurred. In the case of property in an area that was designated as a deferral area at the time the certificate of eligibility was issued, all deferred tax payments on the property shall become due and payable immediately.

4. Notwithstanding subdivision three of this section, any recipient whose property is the subject of a certificate of eligibility for commercial or renovation construction work with an effective date of July first, nineteen hundred ninety-two or after, and who, prior to the expiration of the benefit period, uses a portion of such property as residential property, shall cease to be eligible for further exemption for commercial or renovation construction work for that portion of such property used as residential property as of the date such portion of the property was first used as residential property. Such recipient shall pay, with interest, any taxes for which an exemption was claimed after such date attributable to that portion of the property used as residential property, including the pro rata share of tax for which such exemption was claimed during the tax year in which such use occurred. Such recipient shall continue to receive an exemption for commercial or renovation construction work for that portion of the property which continues to be used as commercial property.

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