New York S 8938: Includes the county of Sullivan within the definition of a designated community

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S08938 Summary:

BILL NOS08938 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09411

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SPONSOROBERACKER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6-s, Gen Muni L; amd §1560, Tax L

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Includes the county of Sullivan within the definition of a designated community for purposes of community preservation funds.

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BILL NOS08938 

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01/16/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

06/02/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/02/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1549

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/02/2026referred to ways and means

06/03/2026substituted for a9411

06/03/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.410

06/03/2026passed assembly

06/03/2026returned to senate

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DATE:06/03/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 98/42Yes 

Alvarez 

No 

Carroll P 

No 

Friend 

No 

Lemondes 

Yes 

Pheffer Amato 

Yes 

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

Yes 

Levenberg 

No 

Pirozzolo 

Yes 

Smith 

Yes 

Angelino 

No 

Cashman 

Yes 

Gallahan 

No 

Lucas 

Yes 

Powers 

Yes 

Smullen 

No 

Bailey 

Yes 

Chandler-Waterm 

No 

Gandolfo 

No 

Lunsford 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

Yes 

Barclay 

No 

Chang 

Yes 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lupardo 

Yes 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes 

Barrett 

No 

Chludzinski 

Yes 

Giglio 

Yes 

Magnarelli 

Yes 

Raga 

No 

Stern 

Yes 

Beephan 

Yes 

Clark 

Yes 

Glick 

ER 

Maher 

Yes 

Rajkumar 

No 

Stirpe 

No 

Bendett 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

Yes 

Manktelow 

No 

Ramos 

Yes 

Tague 

Yes 

Benedetto 

No 

Conrad 

Yes 

Gray 

Yes 

McDonald 

No 

Reilly 

No 

Tannousis 

No 

Berger 

ER 

Cook 

No 

Griffin 

ER 

McDonough 

Yes 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cruz 

Yes 

Hawley 

No 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

Yes 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Cunningham 

Yes 

Hevesi 

ER 

Meeks 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes 

Torres 

Yes 

Blumencranz 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hooks 

Yes &#8225

Mikulin 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

ER 

Valdez 

No 

Bologna 

Yes 

Davila 

Yes 

Hunter 

Yes 

Miller 

Yes 

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

ER 

Bores 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hyndman 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

No 

Santabarbara 

Yes 

Walker 

Yes 

Brabenec 

No 

DeStefano 

Yes 

Jackson 

No 

Molitor 

Yes 

Sayegh 

No 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

ER 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jacobson 

Yes 

Moreno 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes 

Weprin 

Yes 

Bronson 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

Yes 

Jensen 

Yes 

Morinello 

Yes 

Seawright 

Yes 

Wieder 

No 

Brook-Krasny 

Yes &#8225

DiPietro 

No 

Kassay 

Yes 

Norber 

No 

Sempolinski 

Yes 

Williams 

No 

Brown EA 

No 

Durso 

Yes 

Kay 

No 

Novakhov 

Yes 

Septimo 

Yes 

Woerner 

Yes 

Brown K 

No 

Eachus 

ER 

Kelles 

No 

O'Pharrow 

Yes 

Shimsky 

Yes 

Wright 

Yes 

Burdick 

No 

Eichenstein 

Yes 

Kim 

Yes 

Otis 

Yes 

Shrestha 

No 

Yeger 

No &#8225

Burke 

Yes 

Fall 

ER 

Lasher 

Yes 

Palmesano 

Yes 

Simon 

No 

Zaccaro 

No 

Burroughs 

No 

Fitzpatrick 

Yes 

Lavine 

Yes 

Paulin 

Yes 

Simone 

Yes 

Zinerman 

No 

Buttenschon 

Yes 

Forrest 

ER 

Lee 

Yes 

Peoples-Stokes 

No 

Simpson 

Yes 

Mr. Speaker 

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Go to topS08938 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8938

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the tax law, in relation
 to including Sullivan county as a designated community for purposes of
 community preservation funds

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 6-s of the gener-
 2 al municipal law, as amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 2019, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (d) "Designated community" means any town or city within the Hudson
 5 Valley counties of Putnam, Sullivan, Ulster, or Westchester.
 6 § 2. Subdivision 11 of section 1560 of the tax law, as amended by
 7 chapter 608 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 8 11. "Designated community" mea