New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A9570: Relates to the clergy property tax exemption
Status: Passed both chambers, May 14, 2026
Permits local governments to extend the existing clergy residential property tax exemption to include clergy residing in co-ops; clarifies that the clergy property tax exemption shall not affect eligibility for certain other tax abatements.
What the bill says
An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the clergy property tax exemption.
From the amended text, May 4, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the clergy property tax exemption THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 460 of the real property tax law, subdivision 1 as amended and subdivision 2 as added by chapter 261 of the laws of 1992 and subdivision 2 as further amended by subdivision (b) of section 1 of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows: (1) Real property owned by a minister of the gospel, priest or rabbi of any denomination, an actual resident and inhabitant of this state, who is engaged in the work assigned by the church or denomination of which [he or she] SUCH PERSON is a member, or who is unable to perform such work due to impaired health or is over seventy years of age, and real property owned by [his or her] SUCH PERSON'S unremarried surviving spouse while an actual resident and inhabitant of this state, shall be exempt from taxation to the extent of fifteen hundred dollars. (2) An exemption may be granted pursuant to this section only upon application by the owner OR OWNERS of …
Sponsors
- Grace Lee (D, 65) · primary sponsor
- Simcha Eichenstein (D, 48)
- Angelo Santabarbara (D, 111)
- Rebecca Seawright (D, 76)
- Sam Berger (D, 27)
- Kalman Yeger (D, 41)
- Amato, Stacey Pheffer (I, 23)
Latest actions
- : RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- : PASSED SENATE
- : 3RD READING CAL.763
- : SUBSTITUTED FOR S8527B
- : REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- : DELIVERED TO SENATE
- : PASSED ASSEMBLY
- : AMENDED ON THIRD READING 9570C
- : ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.419
- : REPORTED
Votes
- Senate Floor Vote (May 14, 2026): 56 yea, 2 nay, passed
- FLOOR Vote (May 14, 2026): 56 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (May 13, 2026): 134 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable (April 28, 2026): 33 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Real Property Taxation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means (April 21, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Real Property Tax Law
Common questions
- What is A9570?
- A9570 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to the clergy property tax exemption.
- What does A9570 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the clergy property tax exemption.
- What is the status of A9570?
- Passed both chambers as of May 14, 2026. Latest action: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY (May 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored A9570?
- Grace Lee (D, 65), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A9570?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9570
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