File #: Int 1314-2016    Version: * Name: Queens Plaza/Court Square BID
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Finance
On agenda: 10/27/2016
Enactment date: 1/13/2017 Law number: 2017/001
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to authorizing an increase in the amount to be expended annually in the Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district, an extension of the Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district, and a change in the method of assessment upon which the district charge in the Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district is based
Sponsors: Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, (by request of the Mayor)
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: This bill would authorize an increase in the amount that the Queens Plaza/Court Square Business Improvement District (“BID”) could collect and spend annually, expand the existing boundaries of the BID, and change the method of assessment upon which the district charge is based as set forth in the BID’s amended district plan.
Attachments: 1. Legislative History Report, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1314, 3. Int. No. 1314, 4. Amended District Plan, 5. City Planning Commission Report, 6. Committee Report 11/16/16, 7. Hearing Testimony 11/16/16, 8. Hearing Transcript 11/16/16, 9. Committee Report 1/4/17, 10. Hearing Testimony 1/4/17, 11. Hearing Transcript 1/4/17, 12. Fiscal Impact Statement, 13. January 4, 2017 - Charter Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 14. Hearing Transcript - Charter Meeting 1/4/17, 15. Minutes of the Charter Meeting - January 4, 2017, 16. Mayor's Letter, 17. Local Law 1
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Int. No. 1314

 

By Council Member Ferreras-Copeland (by request of the Mayor)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to authorizing an increase in the amount to be expended annually in the Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district, an extension of the Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district, and a change in the method of assessment upon which the district charge in the Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district is based

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivision a of section 25-467.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 93 for the year 2009, is amended to read as follows:

a. The city council having determined, pursuant to subdivision b of section 25-410 of chapter four of this title, that it is in the public interest to authorize an increase in the amount to be expended annually in the Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district beginning on July 1, [2009] 2016, and the council having determined further that the tax and debt limits prescribed in section 25-412 of chapter four of this title will not be exceeded by such increased expenditure, there is hereby authorized in such district an annual expenditure of [four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000)] eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000).

§ 2. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 25-467.2 to read as follows:

§ 25-467.2  Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district; extension of district.  a. The city council having determined, pursuant to section 25-407 of chapter four of this title: that notice of hearing for all hearings required to be held was published and mailed as required by law and was otherwise sufficient; that, except as otherwise provided in section 25-403 of chapter four of this title, all the real property within the boundaries of the district will benefit from the extension of the district; that all the real property benefited is included within the limits of the district; and that the extension of the district is in the public interest; and the council having determined further that the requisite number of owners have not objected as provided in section 25-406 of chapter four of this title, the Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district in the borough of Queens is hereby extended.  Such district is extended in accordance with the amended district plan required to be filed with the city clerk pursuant to subdivision b of this section.

b. Immediately upon adoption of this local law by the council, the council shall file with the city clerk the amended district plan upon which the Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district, and the extension thereof, is based.

c. The amended district plan shall not be further amended except in accordance with chapter four of this title.

§ 3.  The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 25-467.3 to read as follows:

§ 25-467.3  Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district; amendment of the district plan.  a. The city council having determined, pursuant to subdivision b of section 25-410 of chapter four of this title, that it is in the public interest to authorize a change in the method of assessment upon which the district charge in the Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district is based, and the council having determined further that the tax and debt limits prescribed in section 25-412 of chapter four of this title will not be exceeded by such change, there is hereby authorized in such district such change as is set forth in the amended district plan required to be filed with the city clerk pursuant to subdivision b of this section.

b. Immediately upon adoption of this local law, the council shall file with the city clerk the amended district plan containing the change in the method of assessment authorized by subdivision a of this section.

                     § 4.   This local law takes effect upon compliance with section 25-408 of chapter 4 of title 25 of the administrative code of the city of New York, provided that the change in the method of assessment relating to the north sub-district of the Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district, as described in the amended district plan, shall first apply to charges imposed in the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2017, and provided, further, that the method of assessment relating to the Queens Plaza/Court Square business improvement district that existed before the effective date of this local law shall continue to apply to charges imposed in the fiscal year that began July 1, 2016.