New York A 829: Excludes unemployment compensation from state income tax

Status: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 829

Sponsors: Phara Souffrant Forrest, Brian Cunningham, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Jo Anne Simon, Karines Reyes, Zohran Mamdani

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A00829 Summary:

BILL NOA00829 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORForrest

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Reyes, Simon, Cunningham, Mamdani

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Amd §612, Tax L

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Excludes unemployment compensation from being included in the computation of state income tax.

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BILL NOA00829 

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01/08/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 829

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. FORREST, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, REYES, SIMON, CUNNING-
 HAM, MAMDANI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and
 Means

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to excluding unemployment
 compensation benefits from state income tax

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

 1 Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by
 2 adding a new paragraph 48 to read as follows:
 3 (48) For each taxable year beginning on and after January first, two
 4 thousand twenty-five, the amount of any unemployment compensation
 5 received by a taxpayer.
 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02078-01-5

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