Provides for the refund of penalties accrued on 2023-2024 real property taxes due to the specific failure by the USPS to deliver bills to owners in the town of Scarsdale, county of Westchester.
Requires any municipality which conducts lead testing to provide notices to the owner and any tenants of a residence upon a positive test and inform the owner and any tenants of any legal duties or potential health impacts that arise as a result of a positive test.
Clarifies procedures affecting the first annual election of fire district officials to a board of fire commissioners to allow voters to cast one vote for each open position on such board of fire commissioners to be filled in such election.
Authorizes a retroactive real property tax exemption for Hicksville United Methodist Church in the county of Nassau for general taxes years 2022 and 2023 and school taxes years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.
Permits the legislature to alter or repeal certain educational institutions' tax exempt status if such higher education institution fails to expel, suspend, bring charges of a hate crime or otherwise appropriately apply disciplinary action against any individual or group who knowingly and intentionally, while using the property or other resources of such institution, establishes a culture of bias or promotes acts of discrimination or allows for the reckless endangerment of an individual's physical health or safety.
Authorizes the Praise Tabernacle Church of God to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status with respect to the 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024 assessment rolls.
Provides that a policy of this state should be to increase housing options and opportunities, including but not limited to affordable, and workforce and senior housing.
Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements where the municipal governing body finds that the grant encourages tourism or otherwise improves quality of life.
Permanently requires that the first installment of serial bonds mature not later than two years after the date of such bonds; provides that principal installments remaining unpaid on bonds may be called for redemption prior to their date of maturity in such amounts, at such times in such manner and pursuant to such terms as may be determined by the finance board of a municipality, school district or corporation at the time of the issuance thereof; repeals provisions that permanently eliminate the requirement that municipalities provide from current funds an amount equal to at least 5% of the estimated cost of each capital improvement (excluding from such cost state or federal grant funding and certain benefited area assessments) prior to the issuance of bonds or bond anticipation notes to finance such capital improvement.
Authorizes the town of Chester to establish community preservation funds; establishes a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited in said community preservation fund.