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New York City passes COPA Act-NGOs & Government get right of 1st refusal on 4+ unit homes

Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:03 pm
Posted by MrLSU
Yellowstone, Val d'isere
Member since Jan 2004
29048 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:03 pm
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, or COPA, sponsored by Council Member Sandy Nurse now requires owners of certain distressed multifamily buildings (any building with over 4 units in it to notify the Department of Housing Preservation and Development before listing, giving qualified nonprofits 25 to 90 days to make offers and a right of first refusal.

What is really awesome about this is the unintended consequences of such a proposal--what is the unintended consequence you ask? Well non-profits do not pay property taxes in New York City so they are taking those buildings off of the tax assessors' role and that money will need to be made up by increased property taxes on the others who pay taxes.



This post was edited on 12/30/25 at 7:04 pm
Posted by TerryDawg03
The Deep South
Member since Dec 2012
17691 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:07 pm to
quote:

What is really awesome about this is the unintended consequences of such a proposal--what is the unintended consequence you ask? Well non-profits do not pay property taxes in New York City so they are taking those buildings off of the tax assessors' role and that money will need to be made up by increased property taxes on the others who pay taxes.


Kicking communism into overdrive.
Posted by dakarx
Member since Sep 2018
8207 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:10 pm to
How many Somali operated non-profits are there in NYC making obscene profits?
Posted by Placekicker
Florida
Member since Jan 2016
12433 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:16 pm to
Sometimes you can’t tell the people, you have to show them…
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20256 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:22 pm to
Man that is really bad. This thing flew under the radar compared to some of the other shot going on but this sets an incredibly bad precedent. NY is on a sprint to the bottom.
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
12917 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:28 pm to
Some property owners will take them to court on this and win.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
24936 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:29 pm to
Not only not pay taxes but once they own they have to spend taxpayer money to keep them up. And will likely give low or no rent to people who already don’t pay taxes and the city will pay for rent subsidy with taxpayer money.
Posted by jimmy the leg
Member since Aug 2007
42359 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:32 pm to
Posted by Warboo
Enterprise Alabama
Member since Sep 2018
5656 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:04 pm to
SFP will be along shortly to let us know how this a good thing; probably.
Posted by hansenthered1
Dixie
Member since Nov 2023
2464 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:06 pm to
You'd think we'd have at least one judge to strike this down as unconstitutional.
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