S 10223: Authorizes the South End Children's Cafe Inc. to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption with the city of Albany assessor for all applicable taxes from the 2025-2026 assessment rolls.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10223--A  IN SENATE May 7, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to authorize the South End Children's Cafe to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption with the city of Albany assessor The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 the assessor of the city of Albany in the county of Albany is hereby 3 authorized to accept from South End Children's Cafe Inc., an application 4 for exemption from school taxes and real property taxes pursuant to 5 section 420-a of the real property tax law with respect to the 2025-2026 6 assessment rolls for the parcels owned by such organization, with such 7 parcels being located at 33 Rensselaer Street, in the City of Albany, 8 otherwise known as Albany county tax map, section 76.66, block 1, lot 9 2.1. If accepted, the application shall be reviewed as if it had been 10 received on or before the taxable status dates established for such 11 rolls. 12 If satisfied that such organization would otherwise be entitled to 13 such exemption if such organization had acquired the subject property 14 and filed an application for exemption by the appropriate taxable status 15 date, the assessor, upon approval by the common council, may grant 16 exemption from all taxation beginning on the date of the conveyance of 17 such parcel to such organization, and make appropriate corrections to 18 the subject rolls. If such exemption is granted and such organization 19 therefore shall have paid any tax with respect to the subject rolls, the 20 governing body or tax department may, in its sole discretion, provide 21 for the refund of those taxes paid and cancel any taxes, fines, penal- 22 ties, interest or tax liens remaining unpaid. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15714-03-6