---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing a tax abatement for alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings for purposes of preserving habitability in affordable housing"
description: "Authorizes a tax abatement for alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings for purposes of preserving habitability in affordable housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 4709"
citation: "New York S 4709 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Kavanagh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae65bb37-7f08-4ea2-b1f7-b3a83b41df70"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S4709"
source_hash: "d2432aaab231a18501c8407cd63c669798711c61ad06a95a165dba7e1b740bed"
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 4709 (2023-2024) — Relates to authorizing a tax abatement for alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings for purposes of preserving habitability in affordable housing

Authorizes a tax abatement for alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings for purposes of preserving habitability in affordable housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4709&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S4709A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S4709A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **16–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **40–22** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Kavanagh — primary (person)
- Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)
- Toby Ann Stavisky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** PRINT NUMBER 4709A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** REFERENCE CHANGED TO CITIES 1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1841
- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7758
- **2023-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.862
- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.536 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae65bb37-7f08-4ea2-b1f7-b3a83b41df70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).