Whenever used in this chapter, the following terms shall mean:
1. "Tax lien." The lien arising as a result of the nonpayment of taxes, assessments, sewer rents, sewer surcharges, water rents, any other charges that are made a lien subject to the provisions of this chapter or chapter three of this title, interest and penalties thereon, and the right of the city to receive such amounts.
2. "Court." The supreme court.
3. "Class." Any class of real property defined in subdivision one of section eighteen hundred two of the real property tax law, and any subclassification of class two real property where such subclassification is established by rule of the commissioner of finance promulgated pursuant to this subdivision.
4. "Distressed property." Any parcel of class one or class two real property that is subject to a tax lien or liens that result from an environmental control board judgment against the owner of such parcel for a building code violation with a lien or liens to value ratio, as determined by the commissioner of finance, equal to or greater than 25 percent or any parcel of class one or class two real property that is subject to a tax lien or liens with a lien or liens to value ratio, as determined by the commissioner of finance, equal to or greater than fifteen percent and that meets one of the following two criteria:
i. such parcel has an average of five or more hazardous or immediately hazardous violations of record of the housing maintenance code per dwelling unit; or
ii. such parcel is subject to a lien or liens for any expenses incurred by the department of housing preservation and development for the repair or the elimination of any dangerous or unlawful conditions therein, pursuant to section 27-2144 of this code, in an amount equal to or greater than one thousand dollars.
(Am. L.L. 2017/152, 8/30/2017, eff. 5/1/2019)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/037.