---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authority of the village of Highland Falls to impose an occupancy tax"
description: "Extends the authority of the village of Highland Falls to impose an occupancy tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 4053"
citation: "New York S 4053 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e262ba72-8f08-48eb-9f47-4abb3be36df7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4053"
source_hash: "c093840c7fb55c41f78a4dd1ae9a5380e4b825fae1f7133f964858698fe920d6"
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 4053 (2025-2026) — Extends the authority of the village of Highland Falls to impose an occupancy tax

Extends the authority of the village of Highland Falls to impose an occupancy tax.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4053** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4053&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **44–15** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **110–35** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.812
- **2025-04-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-27** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5451
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.788
- **2025-06-16** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-08-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-07** SIGNED CHAP.268 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e262ba72-8f08-48eb-9f47-4abb3be36df7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).