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Home/Bills/A 1187New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 1187: Exempts individuals sixty-five years of age and older from payment of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 12, 2026

What A 1187 does, verified January 12, 2026

The bill aims to exempt individuals 65 years of age and older from paying the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax (MCTD). This tax is paid by individuals who work in the New York City metropolitan area and use public transportation. The exemption will apply to individuals with self-employment earnings that are attributable to the MCTD, regardless of their age. The changes will take effect immediately and apply to tax years starting from January 1, 2026.

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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to ways and means
Jun. 06, 2025held for consideration in ways and means
Jan. 09, 2025referred to ways and means
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 9, 2025 · 191 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1187 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BEEPHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting individuals sixty-five years of age and older from payment of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subsection (a) of section 801 of the tax law 2 is amended by adding a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows: 3 (C) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any individual 4 with earnings from self-employment that are attributable to the MCTD if 5 such individual is sixty-five years of age or older. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to tax 7 years commencing on and after January 1, 2026. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03588-01-5 
Text of A 1187 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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