Senate Bill S2037

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Doubles the STAR property tax deduction and provides a $1,000 refundable state income tax credit for qualified medical providers or first responders charged with caring for COVID-19 patients

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S2037 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §425, RPT L; amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S8267

2021-S2037 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Doubles the STAR property tax deduction for qualified medical providers or first responders charged with caring for COVID-19 patients; provides a $1,000 refundable state income tax credit for qualified medical providers or first responders charged with caring for COVID-19 patients who cannot claim a STAR real property tax exemption; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2021-S2037 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2037 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2037
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  TEDISCO, JORDAN, SERINO -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Local
   Government
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the real property tax law, in relation to doubling the
   STAR property tax deduction for qualified medical providers  or  first
   responders charged with caring for COVID-19 patients; to amend the tax
   law,  in  relation  to  providing a $1,000 refundable state income tax
   credit for qualified medical providers  or  first  responders  charged
   with caring for COVID-19 patients who cannot claim a STAR real proper-
   ty  tax  exemption;  and  to provide for the repeal of such provisions
   upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 425 of the real property tax law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (m) to read as follows:
   (M) COVID-19 QUALIFIED  MEDICAL  PROVIDER  OR  FIRST  RESPONDERS  STAR
 AMOUNT INCREASE.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR
 OF  ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, FOR THE TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL  YEAR  ONLY,  THE  ALLOWABLE
 STAR  EXEMPTION  UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION CLAIMED BY A QUALIFIED MEDICAL
 PROVIDER OR FIRST RESPONDER SHALL BE DOUBLE THE AMOUNT  NORMALLY  CALCU-
 LATED  FOR  SUCH CLAIMANT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.  FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH, "QUALIFIED MEDICAL PROVIDER OR  FIRST  RESPONDER"  MEANS
 ANY  PHYSICIAN,  PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, NURSE PRACTITIONER, NURSE, PHARMA-
 CIST, RESPIRATORY THERAPIST, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, EMERGENCY  MEDICAL
 TECHNICIAN, PARAMEDIC, AMBULANCE DRIVER, FIREFIGHTER OR GENERAL EMPLOYEE
 OF A HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME OR OTHER MEDICAL CARE FACILITY, CHARGED WITH
 CARING  FOR  OR  PROVIDING  SERVICES  WITH RESPECT TO AND WHO HAS DIRECT
 CONTACT WITH DIAGNOSED COVID-19 PATIENTS IN THE COURSE  OF  HIS  OR  HER
 EMPLOYMENT DURING THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARED
 BY  THE  SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ON JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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