§ 37-04 [Fees Due and Payable.]
RCNY § 37-04
(a)All fees authorized pursuant to this chapter shall be due and payable as directed by HPD. The fees set forth in this chapter shall be in addition to any other fees authorized under any other law or rules.
(b)The following loan or grant programs are exempt from the Equal Employment Compliance Fee and the Labor and Prevailing Wage Compliance Fee: (1) One- to Four-Family Programs. Loans or grants made to owners of one- to four-family buildings for rehabilitation and repairs.
(2)Super Storm Sandy Disaster Recovery Programs. Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Fund loans or grants made to owners for construction, rehabilitation, repair, or improvement of buildings impacted by Super Storm Sandy.
(3)Lead Paint Primary Prevention Program. Loans or grants made to building owners to treat lead-based paint hazards.
(4)Article 7A Financial Assistance. Loans made to administrators appointed under Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law Article 7A for the repair or rehabilitation of a subject building.
(5)Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Program. Loans made to neighborhood-based private property managers to own and manage occupied and vacant City-owned buildings.
(6)Neighborhood Redevelopment Program. Loans made to community-based, not-for-profit organizations for rehabilitation and operation of rental housing.
(c)The Mortgage Servicing Fee may be waived if HPD has determined that the structure financed by a loan or grant under one of HPD's One- to Four-Family Programs, or under a condominium project, or under a cooperative project that is not owned by a housing development fund corporation, has been confirmed by HPD to contain a serious construction defect, or that the owner of such structure or board of managers of such condominium project, or board of such cooperative project has experienced loss of income as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and has submitted adequate documentation to HPD regarding such loss. Such determination will be solely within HPD's discretion. Such waiver may be granted for loss of income as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic where such fee may have been due on or after March 2020. (Amended City Record 9/14/2020, eff. 10/14/2020)
