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Establishes the end toxic home flipping act

Establishes the end toxic home flipping act

Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Catalina Cruz
Last action
2026-05-14
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes the end toxic home flipping act

Establishes the end toxic home flipping act Establishes the end predatory home flipping act; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain residential properties which are sold within two years of the prior conveyance of such property; exempts certain purchases of residential properties from mortgage recording taxes; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain properties in the city of New York which are sold for one million dollars or more.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes the end toxic home flipping act Establishes the end predatory home flipping act; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain residential properties which are sold within two years of the prior conveyance of such property; exempts certain purchases of residential properties from mortgage recording taxes; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain properties in the city of New York which are sold for one million dollars or more.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-14 Assembly

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS

  2. 2026-05-14 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 342A

  3. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  4. 2025-01-08 Assembly

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

Official Summary Text

Establishes the end toxic home flipping act
Establishes the end predatory home flipping act; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain residential properties which are sold within two years of the prior conveyance of such property; exempts certain purchases of residential properties from mortgage recording taxes; imposes a tax on the transfer of certain properties in the city of New York which are sold for one million dollars or more.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           342

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                       (PREFILED)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ, MITAYNES, MAMDANI, GALLAGHER, REYES, SIMON,
          EPSTEIN, ROSENTHAL, RAGA, WALKER, FORREST -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Ways and Means

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
          relation to the imposition of tax on the transfer of  certain  proper-
          ties in the city of New York

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "end  toxic
     2  home flipping act".
     3    §  2.  The  administrative  code of the city of New York is amended by
     4  adding a new section 11-2120 to read as follows:
     5    § 11-2120 RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY SOLD WITHIN TWO YEARS. A. IN ADDI-
     6  TION TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 11-2102 OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  THERE  IS
     7  HEREBY  IMPOSED  ON  EACH DEED, INSTRUMENT OR TRANSACTION AT THE TIME OF
     8  TRANSFER WHEREBY ANY PROPERTIES OF ONE TO THREE  RESIDENTIAL  UNITS  ARE
     9  TRANSFERRED  BY A GRANTOR TO A GRANTEE, AND SUCH TRANSFER IS MADE WITHIN
    10  TWO YEARS FROM THE PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
    11  LIMITED  TO  TRANSFERS  WHICH ARE ALL CASH TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSFERS OF
    12  PROPERTY WHICH HAVE BEEN RENTED OUT DURING SUCH  TIME  PERIOD.  THE  TAX
    13  WHICH SHALL BE PAID BY THE GRANTOR SHALL BE AT THE RATE OF:
    14    (1)  SIXTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CURRENT SALES
    15  PRICE AND THE SALES PRICE OF THE PRIOR CONVEYANCE WHEN  THE  TIME  SINCE
    16  THE PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY IS LESS THAN ONE YEAR; AND
    17    (2)  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CURRENT SALES PRICE
    18  AND THE SALES PRICE OF THE PRIOR CONVEYANCE  WHEN  THE  TIME  SINCE  THE
    19  PRIOR  CONVEYANCE  OF  THE PROPERTY IS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO ONE YEAR
    20  BUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS.
    21    B. THE TAX DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION SHALL EXPIRE  WHEN
    22  THE TIME SINCE THE PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY IS TWO YEARS.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00739-01-5
        A. 342                              2

     1    C.  (1)  THE  FOLLOWING  QUALIFIED  PERSONS  SHALL  BE EXEMPT FROM THE
     2  PAYMENT OF THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION:
     3    (I) PROPERTY OWNERS CONVEYING PROPERTY TO A FAMILY MEMBER.
     4    (II)  PROPERTY  OWNERS  WHO CAN DEMONSTRATE A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WHICH
     5  JUSTIFIES A CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY IN LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO TWO YEARS.
     6    (2) THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT  OF  THE
     7  TAX IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION:
     8    (I)  PROPERTY  WHICH  WAS CONVEYED FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THE PROPERTY
     9  OWNER.
    10    (II) PROPERTY BEING SOLD AS NEW HOUSING.
    11    (III) PROPERTY WHICH THE CONSIDERATION OR  VALUE  CONVEYED,  WHICH  IS
    12  OTHERWISE  SUBJECT  TO  THE TAX IMPOSED IN THIS SECTION, IS LESS THAN OR
    13  EQUAL TO TEN PERCENT MORE THAN THE CONSIDERATION OR VALUE OF SUCH  PROP-
    14  ERTY CONVEYED AT THE TIME OF THE PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY.
    15    (IV)  PROPERTY WHICH WAS CONVEYED TO A MORTGAGEE OR AN AFFILIATE AGENT
    16  THEREOF BY A MORTGAGOR BE DEED IN LIEU OF FORECLOSURE OR IN SATISFACTION
    17  OF THE MORTGAGE DEBT.
    18    (V) PROPERTY WHICH WAS CONVEYED TO A MORTGAGEE OR AN  AFFILIATE  AGENT
    19  THEREOF  PURSUANT  TO  A  FORECLOSURE SALE THAT FOLLOWS A DEFAULT IN THE
    20  SATISFACTION OF AN OBLIGATION THAT IS SECURED BY A MORTGAGE.
    21    (VI) PROPERTY WHICH IS OTHERWISE EXEMPT FROM PAYMENT OF A REAL PROPER-
    22  TY TRANSFER TAX PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER.
    23    § 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part
    24  of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction  to
    25  be  invalid,  such  judgment  shall not affect, impair or invalidate the
    26  remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
    27  sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly  involved  in  the
    28  controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
    29    §  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    30  have become a law.