Sen. Bill Weber

Maddy summaryThis bill allows Rockland County to offer Matthew Donovan - a deputy sheriff who started August 1, 2020 - a special 20-year retirement plan he was accidentally excluded from due to no fault of his own. The county must formally request this by filing a resolution with the state comptroller, certifying Donovan wasn’t negligent, within 180 days. If approved, Donovan can retroactively join the plan, with retirement service credits dating back to his 2020 start date. The county bears all associated costs, which can be paid over five years.

Maddy summaryThis bill authorizes Rockland County to offer a specific 20-year retirement plan to John F. Leonard, Jr., a deputy sheriff who was not enrolled in the plan despite being eligible due to circumstances beyond his control (starting August 1, 2020). The county must formally request this exception by filing a resolution with the state comptroller within 180 days, confirming Leonard wasn't at fault for missing enrollment. Leonard can then choose to join the plan by filing an election within one year, with his service from August 2020 retroactively credited. The county bears all associated costs, which may be paid over five years.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows Yeshivas Nachlas Sofrim Inc. to apply for retroactive property tax exemption on its Ramapo, New York property (66 Highview Road) for 2022-2023 tax years. If approved by the town assessor and Ramapo Town Board, the organization can receive refunds for taxes paid on those years, including cancellation of related penalties or interest. The bill authorizes the town to treat the application as if filed on time, correcting past tax rolls. It directly affects only this specific religious institution and its property tax obligations for the 2022-2023 assessment period.

Maddy summaryThis bill (S 8162) authorizes the town of Ramapo assessor to accept a late application for a property tax exemption from Lev Teen Center, a youth organization. It specifically applies to their property at 161 Viola Road in Suffern, covering all 2022-2023 school and general taxes. If approved, the exemption would allow the organization to receive refunds for taxes paid on that property during those years, with corrections to tax records retroactive to the original deadline. The bill does not create new tax rules but enables a specific organization to access an existing exemption process retroactively.

Relates to training police officers on how to respond to situations involving individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities.

Maddy summaryThis bill (S 6859) makes a technical correction to New York's tax law by renumbering a section (now 1202-hh-2) and extends the authorization for the Village of Nyack to collect an occupancy tax. It directly affects Nyack residents and businesses by allowing the village to continue collecting this tax until December 31, 2027 (previously set to expire in 2025). The key provision updates the expiration date in the law, ensuring Nyack's occupancy tax authority remains active through 2027.

Maddy summaryThis bill authorizes Rockland County to impose two additional sales tax rates: a 0.625% rate (5/8 of 1%) from March 2022 through November 2027, and a 0.375% rate (3/8 of 1%) from March 2027 through November 2027. It directly affects residents and businesses in Rockland County who pay sales tax, as well as towns and villages within the county that receive allocated tax revenue. The law requires the county to distribute 20% of the first tax's revenue to towns/villages based on population, and 16.67% (2027) and 33.33% (2028-2027) of the second tax's revenue to towns/villages with police departments based on full-time police officers - funds cannot be used for police salaries. The bill specifies these tax rates and revenue distribution mechanisms until November 30, 2027.

Prohibits the keeping of inventory, storage, warehouse, processing, packaging, shipping or distributing of flavored vapor products near where vapor or tobacco products are sold at retail or wholesale.

Authorizes the town of Orangetown to establish community preservation funds; establishes a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited in said community preservation fund; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Maddy summaryThis bill limits annual changes to property tax class assessments in Haverstraw, Rockland County, for 2025-2026. It prevents any single property class from having its tax base proportion increase by more than 1% from the previous year's adjusted rate, unless the town first passes a local law approving the change. The law applies only to Haverstraw's approved assessing unit and requires the town's legislative body to adjust class proportions if the 1% limit is triggered. This directly affects property owners in Haverstraw whose tax classifications might otherwise shift significantly year-to-year.