A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to provision of senior citizen rent increase exemption application forms pre-populated with applicable data to eligible persons living in city-supervised Mitchell-Lama housing

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to, in coordination with the Department of Finance, provide an application form for the senior citizen rent increase exemption program to eligible residents in Mitchell-Lama apartment buildings subject to city supervision with the necessary application information pre-filled on the form. The form is to be provided after eligible residents submit their income verification affidavit and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development confirms the information in the affidavit matches necessary state tax records.

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