S 7724: Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from St. Mary AME Zion Church for the property located at 537 Granny Road in the Hamlet of Medford.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7724 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 1, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MURRAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT in relation to authorizing the assessor of the town of Brookhaven to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from St. Mary AME Zion Church The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the asses- 2 sor of the town of Brookhaven is hereby authorized to accept from the 3 St. Mary AME Zion Church an application for exemption from real property 4 taxes pursuant to section 420-a of the real property tax law with 5 respect to the 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 assessment rolls for 6 the parcel owned by such organization located in the town of Brookhaven 7 at 537 Granny Road in the hamlet of Medford, also known as district 8 0200, section 545.00, block 03.00, lot 021.001. If accepted, the appli- 9 cation shall be reviewed as if it had been received on or before the 10 taxable status date established for such assessment rolls. 11 If satisfied that such corporation would otherwise be entitled to such 12 exemption if such corporation had filed an application for exemption by 13 the appropriate taxable status date, the assessor, upon approval of the 14 town of Brookhaven town board, may grant exemption from taxation on such 15 assessment rolls and make the appropriate corrections of the subject 16 rolls. If exemptions are granted and such corporation, therefore, shall 17 have paid any tax with respect to the subject rolls, the applicable 18 governing body or tax departments, in their sole discretion, shall 19 provide for the refund of the taxes paid, along with any fines or penal- 20 ties paid, and cancel taxes remaining unpaid. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11879-01-5