---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the Town of Hempstead to grant Southern Tier Environments for Living Inc. a property tax exemption"
description: "Authorizes the Town of Hempstead to grant Southern Tier Environments for Living Inc. a property tax exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7953"
citation: "New York S 7953 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-03-04"
last_action: "2020-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07fc9033-6069-44e3-a04e-381e3526c62d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7953"
source_hash: "ffd5aa4a29e936c1a7bbe58e4a3166d683b66413bede1b939f93c6e79da0449a"
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 7953 (2019-2020) — Authorizes the Town of Hempstead to grant Southern Tier Environments for Living Inc. a property tax exemption

Authorizes the Town of Hempstead to grant Southern Tier Environments for Living Inc. a property tax exemption.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7953&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–2** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THOMAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-04** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.723
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10097
- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.198
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-10-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.274 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07fc9033-6069-44e3-a04e-381e3526c62d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).