---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the effective date for the tax exempt status of the real property of a land bank"
description: "Relates to the effective date for the tax exempt status of the real property of a land bank."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 6967"
citation: "New York S 6967 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["VALESKY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-12-07"
last_action: "2018-12-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b90d0558-0ce2-4a5e-b0a1-ff2539e9d32a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6967"
source_hash: "ed6f87209ace3f02c6640b5c8ebbf9256ef46a7b2a3776f627bc6d3f27eada74"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 6967 (2017-2018) — Relates to the effective date for the tax exempt status of the real property of a land bank

Relates to the effective date for the tax exempt status of the real property of a land bank.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S6967 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6967&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S6967 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S6967)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- VALESKY — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.590
- **2018-03-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2018-03-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2018-03-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-03-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-03-19** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8881
- **2018-06-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.172
- **2018-06-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-12-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-28** SIGNED CHAP.483 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b90d0558-0ce2-4a5e-b0a1-ff2539e9d32a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).