N.Y. RPT Law § 489-DDDDDD
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Applying for benefits
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§ 489-dddddd. Applying for benefits. 1. Application. (a) Application\nfor benefits pursuant to this title may be made immediately following\nthe effective date of a local law enacted pursuant to this title and\ncontinuing until March first, two thousand twenty-nine.\n (b) Application content. The preliminary and final applications shall\nbe in any format designated by the commissioner, including electronic\nformat. The applications shall require, and applicants shall provide,\ninformation and documentation sufficient to determine eligibility for\nabatement benefits. The required information and documentation for both\napplications shall be prescribed by the department by rule. Such\ninformation and documentation may include, but need not be limited to,\ncertified statements related to the project, project costs, filings with\nother governmental entities, and work performed or to be performed on\nsuch project. At the department's sole discretion, an applicant may be\nrequired to furnish certified statements made by the applicant's\narchitect or engineer or both.\n (c) Compliance. The application shall also state that the applicant\nagrees to comply with and be subject to the rules issued from time to\ntime by the department to secure compliance with all applicable city,\nstate and federal laws or which implement mayoral directives and\nexecutive orders designed to ensure equal employment opportunity. If\nrequired by local law or rule as described in section four hundred\neighty-nine-kkkkkk of this title, such application shall also state that\nthe applicant agrees to comply with the program established thereby to\nensure meaningful participation of minority and women-owned business\nenterprises in construction work for which the applicant receives\nbenefits.\n (d) Affidavit of no violations. No benefits pursuant to this title\nshall be granted for any construction work unless the applicant shall\nfile with the application, the affidavit required under paragraph (c) of\nsubdivision five of section four hundred eighty-nine-cccccc of this\ntitle.\n (e) Electronic filing of application. The commissioner may, by rule,\nrequire any application for benefits under this title to be submitted\nelectronically in such form and manner as the commissioner may\ndetermine. For good cause, the commissioner may waive any rule requiring\nelectronic filing and may permit an application to be filed in another\nmanner.\n 2. Fees. The department may provide by rule for reasonable\nadministrative charges or fees necessary to defray expenses in\nadministering this benefit program.\n 3. (a) No benefits authorized pursuant to this title shall be granted\nfor construction work performed pursuant to a building permit issued\nafter April first, two thousand twenty-nine.\n (b) If no building permit was required, then no benefits authorized\npursuant to this title shall be granted for construction work that is\ncommenced after April first, two thousand twenty-nine.\n
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