S 7321 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Authorizes the city of Mount Vernon to impose a hotel and motel tax

This bill authorizes the city of Mount Vernon to impose a 5.875% tax on temporary stays in hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfasts, vacation rentals, and short-term rentals (like Airbnb). It directly affects businesses renting rooms for temporary stays (not permanent residents, defined as stays over 30 days) and exempts government entities, nonprofits, and certain charitable organizations. The tax is collected by the lodging businesses and remitted to Mount Vernon, with revenues funding city operations after covering administrative costs. The bill outlines collection procedures, refund processes, and legal review options but does not change existing tax exemptions for qualified nonprofits.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Apr 10, 2025 Last action Jun 12, 2025
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S7321A S7321B · 4 edits
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The bill text was renumbered and reorganized from version A to version B, with minor formatting adjustments and a change to the committee process description. The substantive policy content regarding the hotel and motel tax remains unchanged.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the tax authorization for Mount Vernon remains the same.
TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from 7321-A to 7321-B indicating a new version of the legislation.

Committee process language was slightly reworded to clarify the sequence of committee actions.

Page numbering and line numbers were adjusted to reflect the new version structure.

Minor spacing adjustment in the preamble text between 'Senate' and 'Assembly'.

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Total actions
8
Key actions
4
Committee
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Amendments
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Jun 12, 2025
Committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7321B
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
upper
May 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7321A
upper
May 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Jamaal Bailey
DDemocratic/Working Families
NY
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