---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to assessment relief for victims of a local or major disaster"
description: "Relates to assessment relief for victims of a local or major disaster in an eligible municipality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 821"
citation: "New York S 821 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrea Stewart-Cousins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6940a7fa-9cc6-4a0d-af23-1a425e8bf847"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S821"
source_hash: "8857dc36c3636ffe3ab596ac8745784e3dc63be000ec38f7a907038cf462347f"
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 821 (2025-2026) — Relates to assessment relief for victims of a local or major disaster

Relates to assessment relief for victims of a local or major disaster in an eligible municipality.

## Version chain

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

1. **S821** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S821&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrea Stewart-Cousins — primary (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.95
- **2025-01-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-01-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-01-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A416
- **2025-02-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.90
- **2025-02-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-02-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.95 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6940a7fa-9cc6-4a0d-af23-1a425e8bf847`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).