New York S 5280: Relates to providing language access services to individuals relating to certain tax abatement programs

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S05280 Summary:

BILL NOS05280A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00824-A

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRCLEARE, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, ROLISON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§467-b, 467 & 459-c, RPT L

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Relates to providing language access services to individuals relating to the tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities and senior citizen and disabled homeowners.

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BILL NOS05280A

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02/20/2025REFERRED TO AGING

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.717

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/12/2025PASSED SENATE

05/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/12/2025referred to aging

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGING

03/10/20261ST REPORT CAL.493

03/11/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/12/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/23/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5280A

04/20/2026PASSED SENATE

04/20/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/20/2026referred to aging

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5280--A
 Cal. No. 493

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, CLEARE, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, ROLISON, WEBB
 -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Aging -- recommitted to the Committee on Aging in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
 committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
 reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
 order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing
 language access services to individuals relating to certain tax abate-
 ment programs for senior citizens or persons with disabilities

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 467-b of the real property tax law
 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph j to read as follows:
 3 j. the entity responsible for the administration of the tax abatement
 4 program shall develop and implement a plan to ensure adequate access to
 5 information by individuals who have limited English proficiency or
 6 otherwise require communication assistance. Such entity shall:
 7 (1) translate necessary documents, including but not limited to, forms
 8 and instructions provided to or completed by the program beneficiaries
 9 or participants, into the six most common non-English languages spoken
 10 by individuals with limited English proficiency in the municipality that
 11 offers this program pursuant to subdivision two of this section;
 12 (2) offer, upon request, interpretation services between the entity
 13 administering the program and an individual in the individual's primary
 14 language with respect to the provision of services or benefits; and
 15 (3) offer, upon request or demonstrated need, services to an individ-
 16 ual who requires additional assistance due to partial or total deafness,
 17 blindness, speech impediment, or cognitive impairment.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01863-02-6

 S. 5280--A 2

 1 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 467 of the real property tax law, as
 2 amended by section 4 of part K of chapter 59 of the laws of 2023, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 5. (a) Application for such exemption must be made by the owner, or
 5 all of the owners of the property, on forms prescribed by the commis-
 6 sioner to be furnished by the appropriate assessing authority and shall
 7 furnish the information and be executed in the manner required or
 8 prescribed in such forms, and shall be filed in such assessor's office
 9 on or before the appropriate taxable status date. Notwithstanding any
 10 other provision of law, at the option of the municipal corporation, any
 11 person otherwise qualifying under this section shall not be denied the
 12 exemption under this section if such person becomes sixty-five years of
 13 age