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§ 489-hhhh. Administration of the benefit program.
1.The department\nof finance of any city enacting a local law pursuant to section four\nhundred eighty-nine-bbbb of this title shall have, in addition to any\nother functions, powers and duties which have been or may be conferred\non it by law, the following functions, powers and duties:\n (a) To publicize the availability of benefits pursuant to this title\nfor industrial, commercial and renovation construction work.\n (b) To receive and review applications for certificates of\neligibility, issue such certificates where authorized pursuant to\nsection four hundred eighty-nine-eeee of this title, and record the\nissuance of such certificates as prescribed in such section.\n (c) To receive evidence of expenditures made for constructio
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§ 489-hhhh. Administration of the benefit program. 1. The department\nof finance of any city enacting a local law pursuant to section four\nhundred eighty-nine-bbbb of this title shall have, in addition to any\nother functions, powers and duties which have been or may be conferred\non it by law, the following functions, powers and duties:\n (a) To publicize the availability of benefits pursuant to this title\nfor industrial, commercial and renovation construction work.\n (b) To receive and review applications for certificates of\neligibility, issue such certificates where authorized pursuant to\nsection four hundred eighty-nine-eeee of this title, and record the\nissuance of such certificates as prescribed in such section.\n (c) To receive evidence of expenditures made for construction, and\nwhere such expenditures do not equal the amount required to qualify for\nexemption from or abatement or deferral of tax payments to take\nappropriate action, including but not limited to denying, reducing,\nsuspending, terminating or revoking benefits pursuant to this title.\n (d) To enter and inspect property to determine whether it is\nindustrial or commercial or mixed-use and to determine whether (i) any\nsuch property is being used for any restricted use, or (ii) any property\nwhich is the subject of a certificate of eligibility for industrial\nconstruction work is being used as commercial property, or (iii) any\nindustrial or commercial property is being used as residential or\nmixed-use property, or (iv) all or part of the nonresidential portion of\nmixed-use property is being used as residential property.\n (e) To collect all real property taxes for which payment is deferred\npursuant to this title.\n (f) To collect all real property taxes, with interest, due and owing\nas a result of reduction, suspension, termination or revocation of any\nexemption from or abatement or deferral of taxes granted pursuant to\nthis title.\n (g) To make and promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of\nthis title, including, but not limited to, regulations requiring\napplicants to publish notice of their applications, defining\nmanufacturing and commercial activities and specifying the nature of\nwork for which expenses may be included in the minimum required\nexpenditure, provided, however, that any regulation increasing the\nminimum required expenditure shall not apply to any person who is a\nrecipient on the effective date of such regulation. Such regulations\nshall include a requirement that with respect to the construction work\nrecipients and their contractors shall be equal opportunity employers\nand may also provide that persons employed in the construction work\nshall implement a training program for economically disadvantaged\npersons enrolled or eligible to be enrolled in training programs\napproved by the department of labor.\n