---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the assessor of the town of Haverstraw, county of Rockland, to accept from Hi Tor Animal Care Center, Inc. an application for exemption from real property taxes"
description: "Authorizes the assessor of the town of Haverstraw, county of Rockland, to accept from Hi Tor Animal Care Center, Inc. an application for exemption from real property taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1653"
citation: "New York S 1653 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad4adc84-12de-4d28-89c8-35959e9be4e6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1653"
source_hash: "1462b1adabaf97546898952ac8ddbdd6ad2ff625119c0350e7a13ba7dc868974"
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 1653 (2019-2020) — Authorizes the assessor of the town of Haverstraw, county of Rockland, to accept from Hi Tor Animal Care Center, Inc. an application for exemption from real property taxes

Authorizes the assessor of the town of Haverstraw, county of Rockland, to accept from Hi Tor Animal Care Center, Inc. an application for exemption from real property taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1653** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1653&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **58–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** 1ST REPORT CAL.378
- **2019-04-09** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-04-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-06** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1877
- **2019-05-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.329
- **2019-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-09-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.296 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad4adc84-12de-4d28-89c8-35959e9be4e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).