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What is NYC RCNY § 5-19?

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(a) Except as set forth in (b) of this 66 RCNY § 5-19, all recipients shall be eligible to receive a special rebate for a period not to exceed one hundred and forty-four (144) consecutive months commencing at the beginning of the month immediately following the effective date of their certificate of eligibility. (b) A

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§ 5-19 Benefit Period.

RCNY § 5-19

(a)Except as set forth in (b) of this 66 RCNY § 5-19, all recipients shall be eligible to receive a special rebate for a period not to exceed one hundred and forty-four (144) consecutive months commencing at the beginning of the month immediately following the effective date of their certificate of eligibility.

(b)A recipient that occupies premises within specially eligible premises after the effective date on which an initial certificate of eligibility of the first eligible energy user occupying such premises is eligible to receive a special rebate for the remaining portion of the benefit period prescribed in such certificate of eligibility for such premises.

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