S 5171: Prevents the use of funds, financial incentives, subsidies or tax exemptions for projects where the occupier of the project is not disclosed.
What S 5171 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed legislation aims to prevent the use of public funds, financial incentives, and tax exemptions for projects where the project occupant is not publicly disclosed at the time of the public hearing. The law will require that project occupants be publicly disclosed during the public hearing process for projects that involve public funds or tax incentives. This change will help increase transparency and accountability in the allocation of public funds and tax incentives for projects.
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Last action: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5171
- What is the current status of S 5171?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5171 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 LOCAL GOVERNMENT".
- Did S 5171 pass?
- Not yet. S 5171 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5171, and where is it now?
- S 5171 was authored by Sen. James Skoufis with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Local Government. It is filed under GMU, alongside 13 other New York GMU bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
| Feb. 19, 2025 | REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 19, 2025 · 290 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5171 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, KRUEGER, MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to preventing the use of funds, financial incentives, subsidies or tax exemptions for project occupants which are not public The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 862 of the general municipal law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 (3) No funds, financial incentives or subsidies of the agency shall be 4 used in respect of any project in which the project occupant as defined 5 in section eighteen hundred one of the public authorities law is not 6 publicly disclosed at the time of the public hearing for the project 7 required by subdivision two of section eight hundred fifty-nine-a of 8 this title. 9 § 2. Section 874 of the general municipal law is amended by adding a 10 new subdivision 13 to read as follows: 11 (13) No tax exemptions shall be granted to any project if the project 12 occupant as defined in section eighteen hundred one of the public 13 authorities law is not publicly disclosed at the time of the public 14 hearing for the project required by subdivision two of section eight 15 hundred fifty-nine-a of this title. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08907-01-5
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