---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the green roof tax abatement"
description: "Relates to the green roof tax abatement; authorizes a tax abatement for any tax year commencing on or after July 1, 2019 and ending on or before June 30, 2024, which shall be fifteen dollars per square foot of a green roof; provides that the amount of such tax abatement shall not exceed $200,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5554"
citation: "New York S 5554 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LIU"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-05-06"
last_action: "2019-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6249c59-ce52-48b1-8ba1-ada64dbb1563"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5554"
source_hash: "4039d913fddd178b4ec9c8284b04a0117b7ef7b1387b451f537ea9357e971e7e"
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 5554 (2019-2020) — Relates to the green roof tax abatement

Relates to the green roof tax abatement; authorizes a tax abatement for any tax year commencing on or after July 1, 2019 and ending on or before June 30, 2024, which shall be fifteen dollars per square foot of a green roof; provides that the amount of such tax abatement shall not exceed $200,000.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5554&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5554A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5554A)
3. **S5554B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5554B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–4** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LIU — primary (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-06** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-07** PRINT NUMBER 5554A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-13** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1345
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-13** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-14** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-14** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5554B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4740B
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.346
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-03** SIGNED CHAP.79 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6249c59-ce52-48b1-8ba1-ada64dbb1563`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).