---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes certain tax abatement forms more readily available to seniors and authorizes certain entities to assist in the completion of such forms"
description: "Makes certain tax abatement forms more readily available to seniors and authorizes certain entities to assist in the completion of such forms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 6026"
citation: "New York A 6026 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUPARDO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-21"
last_action: "2018-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d4669bb-178a-48b1-9891-26560244582e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A6026"
source_hash: "b99523b19c726e07b8ed73ae4c81120fc45890c51c9e49913f9207ca9348316e"
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 A 6026 (2017-2018) — Makes certain tax abatement forms more readily available to seniors and authorizes certain entities to assist in the completion of such forms

Makes certain tax abatement forms more readily available to seniors and authorizes certain entities to assist in the completion of such forms.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6026 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6026&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A6026 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A6026)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LUPARDO — primary (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- DAVILA — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- HOOPER — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER MG — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- RICHARDSON — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- WRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** REPORTED
- **2018-04-26** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.791
- **2018-05-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-05-02** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-05-02** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4555
- **2018-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.1117
- **2018-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-07** SIGNED CHAP.360 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d4669bb-178a-48b1-9891-26560244582e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).