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A 2234: Establishes the city of New York education fund from an additional real property tax to support education programs.
What A 2234 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed legislation establishes a new fund, the "city of new york education fund", to be jointly managed by the mayor and the commissioner of taxation and finance. The fund will collect one percent of real property taxes from cities with a population of one million or more. The collected funds will be used in conjunction with the city's budget to support education programs. The moneys in the fund will be kept separate from other city funds and will not be commingled with them. The act will take effect on the first of April next succeeding its enactment.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 2234
- What is the current status of A 2234?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 2234 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to ways and means".
- Did A 2234 pass?
- Not yet. A 2234 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 2234, and where is it now?
- A 2234 was authored by Asm. Doug Smith with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Ways & Means.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
| Jan. 15, 2025 | referred to ways and means |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 15, 2025 · 293 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2234 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SMITH, BRABENEC, SAYEGH, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the city of New York education fund 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 section 2 99-ss to read as follows: 3 § 99-ss. City of New York education fund. 1. There is hereby estab- 4 lished in the joint custody of the mayor of the city of New York and the 5 commissioner of taxation and finance a special fund to be known as the 6 "city of New York education fund". 7 2. The city of New York education fund shall consist of moneys 8 collected from the additional imposition of one percent of real property 9 taxes on all classes within a city with a population of one million or 10 more. 11 3. Funding within the city of New York education fund shall be used in 12 conjunction with moneys provided through the city's budget to support 13 education programs. 14 4. Moneys in the fund shall be kept separately from and shall not be 15 commingled with any other moneys in the custody of the city. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect the first of April next succeeding the 17 date upon which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02015-01-5
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