---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the village of Upper Brookville to retroactively apply for a real property tax exemption for certain property"
description: "Authorizes the village of Upper Brookville to retroactively apply for a real property tax exemption for certain property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4700"
citation: "New York S 4700 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d699d6a1-b42c-47cf-8a74-1444de8ce0d3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4700"
source_hash: "e40ce5b3786f147dd6626b388b97f8b2533c87355f7fc9528f7266b613843b86"
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 4700 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the village of Upper Brookville to retroactively apply for a real property tax exemption for certain property

Authorizes the village of Upper Brookville to retroactively apply for a real property tax exemption for certain property.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4700** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4700&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.448
- **2021-03-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-18** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6742
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.671
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-16** SIGNED CHAP.291 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d699d6a1-b42c-47cf-8a74-1444de8ce0d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).