New York S 4785: Enacts the "NY Cares Act", providing course credit for service members and tuition awards for spouses and children of deceased service members

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S04785 Summary:

BILL NOS04785 

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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Amd §485-b, RPT L

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Establishes local labor requirements as part of the approval to receive a real property tax business investment exception; requires eighty-five percent of workers hired by a contractor or developer for a project to be from the same county or an adjoining county or, in certain circumstances, the state of New York.

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BILL NOS04785 

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02/12/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4785

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to establishing
 local labor requirements as part of the approval to receive a real
 property tax business investment exemption

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 485-b of the real
 2 property tax law, as amended by chapter 305 of the laws of 1994, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (b) No such exemption shall be granted unless:
 5 (1) such construction, alteration, installation or improvement was
 6 commenced subsequent to the first day of January, nineteen hundred
 7 seventy-six or such later date as may be specified by local law or
 8 resolution;
 9 (2) the cost of such construction, alteration, installation or
 10 improvement exceeds the sum of ten thousand dollars or such greater
 11 amount as may be specified by local law or resolution; [and]
 12 (3) such construction, alteration, installation or improvement is
 13 completed as may be evidenced by a certificate of occupancy or other
 14 appropriate documentation as provided by the owner;
 15 (4) such construction, alteration, installation or improvement meets
 16 the local labor requirements set forth pursuant to subdivision two-a of
 17 this section; and
 18 (5) such construction, alteration, installation or improvement is
 19 performed by a developer, contractor, or subcontractor who has appren-
 20 ticeship agreements appropriate for the type and scope of work to be
 21 performed, that have been registered with, and approved by, the commis-
 22 sioner of labor pursuant to the requirements found in article twenty-
 23 three of the labor law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07887-01-5

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 1 § 2. Section 485-b of the real property tax law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
 3 2-a. (a) For purposes of this subdivision:
 4 (i) "local labor" shall mean workers who reside within the same county
 5 or an adjoining county.
 6 (ii) "state labor" shall mean workers who reside in the state of New
 7 York.
 8 (b) Any real property constructed, altered, installed or improved for
 9 the purpose of commercial, business or industrial activity shall be
 10 exempt from taxation and special ad valorem levies only if eighty-five
 11 percent or more of the workforce hired by the contractor or developer
 12 who is overseeing such construction, alteration, installation or
 13 improvement project are from the local labor market or, if after making
 14 a good faith effort such contractor or developer cannot hire enough of
 15 their workforce to satisfy the requirements of this subdivision, from
 16 the state labor market.
 17 (c) The eighty-five percent requirement set forth by paragraph (b) of
 18 this subdivision shall be by contractor and in total at the time of
 19 completion of such project. A contractor or developer shall be required
 20 to keep daily log sheets of all field workers, commencing on the date of
 21 application for a real property tax exemption pursuant to this section.
 22 Any work performed after an application for such real property tax
 23 exemption shall be included