Res. No. 1012
Resolution to establish that the interest rate be 9% per annum for Fiscal Year 2006 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than $80,000, or not more than $80,000 per residential unit for cooperative apartments.
By Council Members Weprin and Fidler
Whereas, Pursuant to Section 11-224.1 the Administrative Code of the City of New York, as added by Local Law No. 62 of 2005, the Banking Commission is required to recommend to the City Council, not later than the 25th of May of each year, the proposed interest rate to be charged for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more eighty thousand dollars ($80,000), or not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per residential unit for cooperative apartments; and
Whereas, the Banking Commission is required to propose a rate at least equal to the prevailing interest rate charged for commercial loans extended to prime borrowers by commercial banks operating in the City (the “Prime Rate”); and
Whereas, The Banking Commission notes that the Prime Rate now stands at six percent (6%) as published by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; and
Whereas, The Banking Commission recommended to the City Council, that the interest rate to be charged for non-payment of taxes on properties where the assessed value on a parcel is not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000), or not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per residential unit for cooperative apartments, be nine percent (9%) per annum for Fiscal 2006; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Council establishes that the interest rate be nine percent (9%) per annum for Fiscal Year 2006 for non-payment of taxes on properties with an assessed value of not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000), or not more than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per residential unit for cooperative apartments.