New York S 1559: Enacts the "Affordable NY act"

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S01559 Summary:

BILL NOS01559 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07504

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CHAN, HELMING, OBERACKER, RHOADS, TEDISCO, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§425 & 1306-a, RPT L; amd §601, Tax L

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Enacts the "Affordable NY act"; increases the STAR exemptions; adjusts personal income tax rates.

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BILL NOS01559 

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO AGING

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGING

03/13/2026NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1559

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PALUMBO, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, HELMING,
 OBERACKER, RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
 to be committed to the Committee on Aging

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to increasing the
 base figure for the STAR exemption (Part A); and to amend the tax law,
 in relation to adjusting certain rates for the imposition of personal
 income tax (Part B)

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

 1 Section 1. This act enacts into law components of legislation relating
 2 to the "Affordable NY act". Each component is wholly contained within a
 3 Part identified as Parts A through B. The effective date for each
 4 particular provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last
 5 section of such Part. Any provision in any section contained within a
 6 Part, including the effective date of the Part, which makes a reference
 7 to a section "of this act", when used in connection with that particular
 8 component, shall be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding
 9 section of the Part in which it is found. Section three of this act sets
 10 forth the general effective date of this act.

 11 PART A

 12 Section 1. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of
 13 section 425 of the real property tax law, as added by section 1 of part
 14 D-1 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, clause (A) as further amended by
 15 subdivision (b) of section 1 of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of
 16 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 17 (vi) For the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year [and
 18 thereafter] through the two thousand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-
 19 six school year:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04378-01-5

 S. 1559 2

 1 (A) The base figure for the enhanced STAR exemption shall equal the
 2 prior year's base figure multiplied by the percentage increase in the
 3 consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W)
 4 published by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor
 5 statistics, for the third quarter of the calendar year preceding the
 6 applicable school year, as compared to the third quarter of the prior
 7 calendar year. If a base figure as so determined is not exactly equal to
 8 a multiple of one hundred dollars, it shall be rounded to the nearest
 9 multiple of one hundred dollars. It shall be the responsibility of the
 10 commissioner to annually determine such base figures.
 11 (B) The base figure for the basic STAR exemption shall be thirty thou-
 12 sand dollars.
 13 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 425 of the real proper-
 14 ty tax law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vii) to read as
 15 follows:
 16 (vii) For the two thousand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six school
 17 year and thereafter:
 18 (A) The base figure for the enhanced STAR exemption shall equal the
 19 prior year's base figure multiplied by the percentage increase in the
 20 consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W)
 21 published by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor
 22 statistics, for the third quarter of the calendar year preceding the
 23 applicable school year, as compared to the third quarter of the prior
 24 calendar year, multiplied by two. If a base figure as so determined is