---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for a taxpayer assistance authorization for households in the county of Schenectady"
description: "Provides for a taxpayer assistance authorization for households in the county of Schenectady; provides for a $250 rebate for property owners in Schenectady county with a qualifying STAR exemption or school tax relief credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5607"
citation: "New York S 5607 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil D. Breslin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9f5ba75-eaaf-47e2-8522-d54ff2b873f9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5607"
source_hash: "634b686b70e486d64bf0c9301cdb759f8a007ee761d0752adb0221086b71d48d"
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 5607 (2023-2024) — Provides for a taxpayer assistance authorization for households in the county of Schenectady

Provides for a taxpayer assistance authorization for households in the county of Schenectady; provides for a $250 rebate for property owners in Schenectady county with a qualifying STAR exemption or school tax relief credit.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5607** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5607&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S5607A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5607A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote - Version: A — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neil D. Breslin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** PRINT NUMBER 5607A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1378
- **2023-06-05** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5346A
- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.578
- **2023-06-06** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-22** SIGNED CHAP.489 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9f5ba75-eaaf-47e2-8522-d54ff2b873f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).