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A 8601 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Authorizes New Hour for Women and Children LI, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status

Summary
Authorizes New Hour for Women and Children LI, Inc. to receive a real property tax exemption for the 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 assessment rolls.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill grants tax exemption to nonprofit, providing tax relief for public service organization serving vulnerable populations.85% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Oct 2025
Introduced May 22, 2025 Signed Oct 16, 2025
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What changed between versions

A8601 → A8601A · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to correct the organization's name (removing the hyphen), add 'not-for-profit' to clarify its status, update the property address from Building 2, 1725 Brentwood Road to 248 Crooked Hill Road, and expand the refund authority to include fines and penalties. These changes ensure the tax exemption applies to the correct property and organization while clarifying the financial relief available.
Scope change
The bill's scope was updated to reflect a different property address and to explicitly include fines and penalties in the potential tax refund.
ELIGIBILITY

The organization name was updated from 'New Hour for Women and Children-LI, Inc.' to 'New Hour for Women and Children LI, Inc., a not-for-profit organization' to clarify its status.

SCOPE

The property address changed from 'Building 2, 1725 Brentwood Road' to '248 Crooked Hill Road' in the town of Islip, Suffolk County.

FISCAL

The refund authority was expanded to include not just taxes but also any fines or penalties paid by the organization.

REQUIREMENT

The approval authority was clarified from 'Islip town board' to 'town of Islip town board' for consistency.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 11, 2025 · Assembly Jun 9, 2025

How they voted

57–2
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 63
Jun 11, 2025
D Democratic41
37 Yea 1 Nay 3
90% Yea
R Republican22
20 Yea 1 Nay 1
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Oct 16, 2025
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.463
lower
Jun 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jun 6, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Jun 5, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
May 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8601A
lower
May 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION
lower
May 22, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Phil Ramos
Phil Ramos
DDemocratic
NY
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