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Home/Bills/S 4053New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 4053: Extends the authority of the village of Highland Falls to impose an occupancy tax.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified August 9, 2025

What S 4053 does, verified August 9, 2025

This bill amends the tax law to authorize an occupancy tax in the village of Highland Falls. The tax is set to take effect immediately and will expire on December 31, 2027. The changes will be repealed at the end of the specified period. The tax is intended to be implemented in the village of Highland Falls, but the bill does not provide further details on the tax's specifics or implementation.

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6ChapteredCurrent
Last action: SIGNED CHAP.268 (2025-08-07)Alert me
Recent actions14 total · showing 5
Aug. 07, 2025SIGNED CHAP.268
Aug. 04, 2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Jun. 16, 2025returned to senate
Jun. 16, 2025passed assembly
Jun. 16, 2025home rule request
Full action history, 9 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 31, 2025 · 184 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4053 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend chapter 459 of the laws of 2022, amending the tax law relating to authorizing an occupancy tax in the village of Highland Falls, in relation to the effectiveness thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 459 of the laws of 2022 amending the 2 tax law relating to authorizing an occupancy tax in the village of High- 3 land Falls, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 5 deemed repealed December 31, [2025] 2027. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02222-01-5 
Text of S 4053 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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