New York S 8697: Authorizes the Chabad of Islip Township, Inc. to file an application for retroactive real property tax exemption

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S08697 Summary:

BILL NOS08697 

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SPONSORASHBY

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COSPNSRRHOADS

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Add Art 17 §§245 & 246, St Fin L

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Directs certain employers to establish a dependent care flexible benefits program under which a portion of employees' compensations are deposited directly into dependent care flexible spending accounts.

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BILL NOS08697 

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01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8697

 IN SENATE

 January 7, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to dependent care
 flexible benefits

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

 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new article 17
 2 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 17
 4 DEPENDENT CARE FLEXIBLE BENEFITS
 5 Section 245. Definitions.
 6 246. Dependent care flexible benefits.
 7 § 245. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 8 terms shall have the following meanings:
 9 1. "Employer" shall mean a person or entity engaged in a business,
 10 industry, profession, trade, or other enterprise in New York state,
 11 whether for profit or not for profit, that:
 12 (a) has at all times during the previous calendar year employed at
 13 least one hundred employees in the state;
 14 (b) has been in business for at least two full years; and
 15 (c) has not offered a dependent care flexible spending account under
 16 section 129 of the Internal Revenue Code in the preceding two years.
 17 2. "Employee" shall mean any individual who is eighteen years of age
 18 or older, who is employed by an employer, and who earned wages working
 19 for an employer in New York state during a calendar year.
 20 3. "Program administrator" shall mean the agent, as determined by an
 21 employer, responsible for the maintenance and management of flexible
 22 spending accounts as authorized in subdivision one of section two
 23 hundred forty-six of this article.
 24 § 246. Dependent care flexible benefits. 1. Each employer shall estab-
 25 lish a dependent care flexible benefits program for the deferment of a
 26 portion of its employees' compensations into dependent care flexible
 27 spending accounts consistent with section 129 of the Internal Revenue
 28 Code and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and implement such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14282-02-5

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 1 program. The program administrator shall prioritize the dissemination
 2 of such program on an annual basis and shall document the communication
 3 in at least three different modes.
 4 2. At the request of an employee, an employer shall, by payroll
 5 deduction, defer the payment of part of the compensation of such employ-
 6 ee as provided in a written statement by such employee for the purpose
 7 of establishing and maintaining a dependent care flexible spending
 8 account as authorized under subdivision one of this section, and shall
 9 transfer the amount so deferred to the authorized program administrator;
 10 provided, however, that the amount so deferred shall not exceed the
 11 amount allowed by section 129 of the Internal Revenue Code.
 12 3. Moneys held in dependent care flexible benefits accounts estab-
 13 lished pursuant to subdivision one of this section for the employees of
 14 each such participating employer shall be held by the program adminis-
 15 trator as agent for the participating employee and shall be accounted
 16 for separately and shall remain the property of such participating
 17 employer. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, moneys may be paid
 18 out of such accounts without any appropriation by law. All payments of
 19 moneys from such accounts shall be made only in accordance with the
 20 flexible benefits program audit of the state comptroller. Any unexpended
 21 balances in such accoun