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NY A06572
Bill
Status
3/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Rebecca Kassay
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AI Summary
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Excludes from the local government tax levy cap any expenditures required to provide enhanced cancer disability benefits to volunteer firefighters under General Municipal Law section 205-cc
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Amends the list of tax levy exclusions in General Municipal Law section 3-c to add volunteer firefighter cancer disability benefits as a new category (subparagraph v)
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Allows local governments to fund these mandated cancer disability benefits without counting the expenditure toward their annual property tax cap limit
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Maintains the existing requirement that a 60% supermajority vote is needed to override the tax levy limit for other purposes not covered by exclusions
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Takes effect January 1 following enactment, with immediate authorization for agencies to develop implementing rules and regulations
Legislative Description
Provides that the tax levy limit shall not include a tax levy necessary for expenditures resulting from a local government meeting its obligation to provide enhanced cancer disability benefits to volunteer firefighters as required under section two hundred five-cc of the general municipal law.
Last Action
referred to local governments
1/7/2026