ยง  581-a. Assessment of residential real property. Notwithstanding any
  other provision of law, the assessed valuation of real property used for
  residential rental  purposes  where  at  least  twenty  percent  of  the
  residential  units  are subject to an agreement with a municipality, the
  state, the federal government,  or  an  instrumentality  thereof,  which
  agreement  restricts  occupancy of those units to tenants who qualify in
  accordance with an income test, shall be  determined  using  the  income
  approach  as applied to the actual net operating income, after deducting
  for reserves required by any federal, state or municipal  programs.  For
  the  purposes  of  this  section  "net  operating income" shall mean the
  actual or anticipated  net  income  that  remains  after  all  operating
  expenses  are  deducted from effective gross income, but before mortgage
  debt service and book depreciation are deducted. The assessed  valuation
  of  real  property  used  for  such residential rental purposes shall be
  determined using the actual net operating income, and shall not  include
  federal,  state  or  municipal  income  tax credits, subsidized mortgage
  financing, or project grants, where such subsidies are  used  to  offset
  the project development cost in order to provide for lower initial rents
  as  determined by regulations promulgated by the division of housing and
  community renewal.
Structure New York Laws
Article 5 - Assessment Procedure
Title 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions
561 - Payments in Lieu of Taxes; Change of Assessment; Effective Date.
561-A - Payments in Lieu of Taxes; Change of Assessment; Notice.
562 - Certain Property Used or Occupied by a Railroad.
563 - Real Property Used to Store Spent Nuclear Fuel.
564 - Privately-Owned Improvements on State Lands.
570 - Advisory Valuations of Utility Real Property.
572 - Employment of Experts in Connection With Assessments of Real Property.
574 - Information to Be Furnished by Recording Officers and Assessors.
575 - Assessor's Annual Reports.
575-A - Electric Generating Facility Annual Reports.
575-B - Solar or Wind Energy Systems.
576 - Assessment Under Cooperative Agreements.
578 - County Assistance Under Cooperative Agreements.
579 - Coordinated Assessment Programs.
581 - Assessment of Residential Cooperative, Condominium and Rental Property.
581-A - Assessment of Residential Real Property.
581-B - Assessment of Parcels Used for Residential Purposes and Registered as Family Day Care Homes.
582 - Valuation of Agricultural Structures.
582-A - Value of Lands and Structures Supporting Non-Residential Water Dependent Activities.