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S 2320 NY

Changes the amount of the exemption permitted for capital improvements to residential buildings

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 16, 2025

Latest action (May 15, 2026) PRINT NUMBER 2320A

Summary

This bill increases the property tax exemption for capital improvements to residential buildings for new exemption programs adopted on or after January 1, 2026. The exemption limit for existing programs authorized before that date remains at $80,000 in increased market value, but new programs can set exemptions up to $200,000 in increased market value from renovations, alterations, or other improvements. Both old and new programs allow municipalities to set their exemption limits anywhere between $5,000 and the cap amount. The increased exemption is calculated based on the market value of the property improvement, determined by dividing the property's assessed value increase by the state equalization rate or class assessment ratio.

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Official abstract

Changes the amount of the exemption permitted for capital improvements to residential buildings to $200,000 where a local law or resolution is adopted on or after January 1, 2026.

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Action history (5)

  1. Jan 16, 2025 REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT · upper
  2. Mar 3, 2025 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE · upper
  3. Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT · upper
  4. May 15, 2026 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT · upper
  5. May 15, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 2320A · upper

Text versions (3)

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  • S2320A · PDF

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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S02320 Summary: BILL NO S02320A &nbsp SAME AS No Same As &nbsp SPONSOR FAHY &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Amd §421-f, RPT L &nbsp Changes the amount of the exemption permitted for capital improvements to residential buildings to $200,000 where a local law or resolution is adopted on or after January 1, 2026.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

2320--A

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

January 16, 2025 ___________

Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development -- recommitted to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to changing the amount of the exemption permitted for capital improvements to residen- tial buildings

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of 2 section 421-f of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 590 of 3 the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 4 (iii) [ Such ] For exemptions granted pursuant to this section and 5 authorized by a local law or resolution adopted prior to January first, 6 two thousand twenty-six, such exemption shall be limited to eighty thou- 7 sand dollars in increased market value, or such other sum less than 8 eighty thousand dollars, but not less than five thousand dollars as may 9 be provided by the local law or resolution, of the property attributable 10 to such reconstruction, alteration or improvement and any increase in 11 market value greater than such amount shall not be eligible for the 12 exemption pursuant to this section. For exemptions granted pursuant to 13 this section and authorized by a local law or resolution adopted on or 14 after January first, two thousand twenty-six, such exemption shall be 15 limited to two hundred thousand dollars in increased market value, or 16 such other sum less than two hundred thousand dollars, but not less than 17 five thousand dollars as may be provided by the local law or resolution, 18 of the property attributable to such reconstruction, alteration or 19 improvement and any increase in market value greater than such amount 20 shall not be eligible for the exemption pursuant to this section. For

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04819-02-6

S. 2320--A 2

1 the purposes of this section, the market value of the reconstruction, 2 alteration or improvement shall be equal to the increased assessed value 3 attributable to such reconstruction, alteration or improvement divided 4 by the class I ratio in a special assessing unit or the most recently 5 established state equalization rate or special equalization rate in the 6 remainder of the state, except where the state equalization rate or 7 special equalization rate equals or exceeds ninety-five percent, in 8 which case the increase in assessed value attributable to such recon- 9 struction, alteration or improvement shall be deemed to equal the market 10 value of such reconstruction, alteration or improvement. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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