---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Chabad at Stony Brook, Inc. to file an application for retroactive real property tax exemption"
description: "Authorizes Chabad at Stony Brook, Inc. to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption for the 2015-2016 assessment roll."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 6478"
citation: "New York S 6478 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FLANAGAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-05-24"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b85f34b8-a657-4979-bbda-3cce57be3234"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6478"
source_hash: "6d7647c88011bc61eb3c0bf4f8724c60b088603de641fa24d4bc0d21e64085c6"
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 6478 (2017-2018) — Authorizes Chabad at Stony Brook, Inc. to file an application for retroactive real property tax exemption

Authorizes Chabad at Stony Brook, Inc. to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption for the 2015-2016 assessment roll.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6478 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6478&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S6478 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S6478)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **57–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- FLANAGAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-24** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1814
- **2017-06-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-15** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8029
- **2017-06-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.655
- **2017-06-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.265 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b85f34b8-a657-4979-bbda-3cce57be3234`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).