S 8263 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Authorizes the Congregation Khal Mevakshei Hashem, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status

Summary
Authorizes the Congregation Khal Mevakshei Hashem, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for the 2024 assessment roll and all of the 2023-2024 school taxes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Assembly Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Aug 2026
Introduced May 28, 2025 Signed Aug 21, 2026
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What changed between versions

S8263 S8263A · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to recommit it to the Local Government Committee for further review and to update the legal citation from section 420-a to section 430 of the Real Property Tax Law. Additionally, the specific property description was corrected to refer to only 'lot 14' instead of 'lots 14-15', ensuring the tax exemption applies to the correct parcel.
Scope change
The bill's scope was refined to target a single specific lot (lot 14) rather than two lots (lots 14-15), and the legal authority for the exemption was updated to a different section of the state tax law.
ELIGIBILITY

The legal basis for the tax exemption was changed from section 420-a to section 430 of the Real Property Tax Law.

The property description was updated to apply the exemption only to lot 14, removing the reference to lot 15.

TIMELINE

The bill's status was updated to reflect it was recommitted to the committee, favorably reported, and ordered for a third reading.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 13, 2025 · Assembly Jun 5, 2026

How they voted

572
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 63
Jun 13, 2025
D Democratic41
37 Yea 1 Nay 3
90% Yea
R Republican22
20 Yea 1 Nay 1
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
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Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Aug 21, 2026
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.252
upper
Jun 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 6, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION
lower
May 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Apr 7, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMENDED 8263A
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
upper
Jun 13, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION
lower
Jun 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 12, 2025
Committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
May 28, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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