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S 7079: Extends the authority of the county of Columbia to impose an additional 1 percent sales and compensating use tax by two years.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified September 28, 2025

What S 7079 does, verified September 28, 2025

The bill extends the authority of the county of Columbia to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use tax. The county is allowed to adopt and amend local laws to impose taxes at a rate one percent higher than the existing three percent rate for the period from March 1, 1995, to November 30, 2027. The changes take effect immediately.

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Last action: SIGNED CHAP.303 (2025-08-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7079
What is the current status of S 7079?
As of September 28, 2025, S 7079 is recorded as "Chaptered/Signed": it has been signed by the Governor and chaptered into law. The last recorded action, on August 7, 2025, was "SIGNED CHAP.303".
Did S 7079 pass?
Yes. S 7079 passed both houses and was signed into law (last action August 7, 2025). New York laws take effect on the date written into the bill, often immediately on signing or a set number of days afterward.
Who wrote S 7079, and where is it now?
S 7079 was authored by Sen. Michelle Hinchey.
Recent actions14 total · showing 5
Aug. 07, 2025SIGNED CHAP.303
Aug. 04, 2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Jun. 13, 2025returned to senate
Jun. 13, 2025passed assembly
Jun. 13, 2025home rule request
Full action history, 9 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 1, 2025 · 226 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7079 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 1, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to extending the authority of the county of Columbia to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use tax The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Clause 21 of subparagraph (i) of the opening paragraph of 2 section 1210 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 263 of the laws of 3 2023, is amended to read as follows: 4 (21) the county of Columbia is hereby further authorized and empowered 5 to adopt and amend local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such 6 taxes at a rate which is one percent additional to the three percent 7 rate authorized above in this paragraph for such county for the period 8 beginning March first, nineteen hundred ninety-five, and ending November 9 thirtieth, two thousand [twenty-five] twenty-seven; 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11430-01-5 
Text of S 7079 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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