2016 New York Laws
RPT - Real Property Tax
Article 4 - EXEMPTIONS
Title 4-B - (499-AAA - 499-GGG) GREEN ROOF TAX ABATEMENT FOR CERTAIN PROPERTIES IN A CITY OF ONE MILLION OR MORE PERSONS
499-FFF - Enforcement and administration.

  499-fff.  Enforcement  and  administration.  1.  The  department of
  finance shall have, in addition  to  any  other  functions,  powers  and
  duties  that  have  been or may be conferred on it by law, the following
  functions, powers and duties to be exercised  in  accordance  with  this
  title:
(a) to apply a tax abatement;
(b) to revoke all or part of any such tax abatement;
(c)  to  make  and  promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of this
  title; and
(d) any other function, power or  duty  necessarily  implied  by  this
  title.
2. A designated agency shall have, in addition to any other functions,
  powers  and  duties that have been or may be conferred on it by law, the
  following functions, powers and duties to  be  exercised  in  accordance
  with this title:
(a)  to  receive,  review,  approve  and  deny  applications  for  tax
  abatement;
(b) to inspect green roofs and any related structures and equipment;
(c) to prescribe forms and make and promulgate rules to carry out  the
  purposes of this title;
(d)  to  make the determinations provided for in sections four hundred
  ninety-nine-ccc and four hundred ninety-nine-eee of this  title  and  to
  notify the department of finance of such determinations; and
(e)  any  other  function,  power  or duty necessarily implied by this
  title.
3. If a designated agency determines that an architect or engineer  or
  other  certified or licensed professional whom such agency designates by
  rule,  in  making  any  certification  under  this  title  or  any  rule
  promulgated  hereunder,  engaged  in  professional misconduct, then such
  department shall so inform the education department or other appropriate
  certifying or licensing authority.
4. A designated  agency  may  provide  for  reasonable  administrative
  charges  or  fees  necessary to defray expenses of administering the tax
  abatement program established by this title.
5. A designated agency and the department of finance  shall  establish
  procedures  that  are  necessary  or  appropriate  for  (a)  the  timely
  notification to the department of finance by a designated agency  of  an
  approval  of  an  application  for tax abatement or of any noncompliance
  pursuant to section four hundred ninety-nine-eee of this title  and  (b)
  any  other  interagency  coordination to facilitate the purposes of this
  title.