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A 6580: Reduces certain commercial rent taxes for premises occupied by certain retail or food services businesses having a base rent of less than one million dollars per year and located in the borough of Manhattan south of the center line of ninety-sixth street.
What A 6580 does, verified May 13, 2026
The bill aims to reduce commercial rent taxes for certain retail and food services businesses in New York City. It lowers the base rent for premises in Manhattan south of 96th Street by 15% for the period from March 1996 to May 1996, 25% from June 1996 to August 1998, and 35% from September 1998 onwards. However, a retail business or food services business with an annualized base rent of less than $1 million will have its base rent reduced by 100%. The bill will take effect on July 1st after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to cities (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6580
- What is the current status of A 6580?
- As of May 13, 2026, A 6580 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to cities".
- Did A 6580 pass?
- Not yet. A 6580 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6580, and where is it now?
- A 6580 was authored by Asm. Alex Bores with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Cities.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to cities |
| Mar. 06, 2025 | referred to cities |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 6, 2025 · 329 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6580 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reducing certain commercial rent taxes for premises occu- pied by certain retail and food services businesses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision h of section 11-704 of the 2 administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law 3 number 63 for the year 1997, is amended to read as follows: 4 (2) In the case of any taxable premises located in the borough of 5 Manhattan south of the center line of ninety-sixth street, the base rent 6 for such premises shall be reduced by (i) fifteen percent for the period 7 beginning March first, nineteen hundred ninety-six and ending May thir- 8 ty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-six, (ii) twenty-five percent for the 9 period beginning June first, nineteen hundred ninety-six and ending 10 August thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, and (iii) thirty- 11 five percent for periods beginning September first, nineteen hundred 12 ninety-eight and thereafter, such reduction to be made after all other 13 exemptions and deductions authorized by this chapter have been taken, 14 except that the base rent for a taxable premises which is occupied by a 15 retail business or food services business with an annualized base rent 16 of less than one million dollars shall be reduced by one hundred 17 percent. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 19 the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01957-01-5
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