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A 4778: Requires the state to reimburse municipalities for loss of real property tax revenue resulting from the establishment of community residential facilities for the disabled.
What A 4778 does, verified January 10, 2026
The state of New York aims to support municipalities in covering the loss of real property tax revenue resulting from the establishment of community residential facilities for the disabled. The state will reimburse municipalities for this loss. This reimbursement will be provided by the state comptroller upon the establishment of such facilities by a sponsoring agency. The reimbursement is intended to help municipalities offset the financial impact of these facilities. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to mental health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 4778
- What is the current status of A 4778?
- As of January 10, 2026, A 4778 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 mental health".
- Did A 4778 pass?
- Not yet. A 4778 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 4778, and where is it now?
- A 4778 was authored by Asm. Ari Brown with 8 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Mental Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to mental health |
| Feb. 06, 2025 | referred to mental health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 6, 2025 · 197 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4778 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN, DeSTEFANO, SLATER, TAGUE, MAHER, McDO- NOUGH, BRABENEC, MILLER, ANGELINO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the state to reimburse municipalities for loss of real property tax reven- ue resulting from establishment of community residential facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 41.34 of the mental hygiene law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision (g) to read as follows: 3 (g) Upon the establishment of a community residential facility for the 4 disabled by a sponsoring agency, the state comptroller shall reimburse a 5 municipality for loss of real property tax revenue resulting from the 6 establishment of such facility. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01822-01-5
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