---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing the assessor of the town of Brookhaven to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Al-Muneer Foundation, Inc."
description: "Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Al-Muneer Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit religious organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4778"
citation: "New York S 4778 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEIK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2022-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dfe608c-9351-40fa-9349-bbca9dcb9a23"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4778"
source_hash: "b5694925cfa6edf9b9e2bbdcc69ed22ed3dfe634409634ccaea45091fa4abb0b"
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 4778 (2021-2022) — Relates to authorizing the assessor of the town of Brookhaven to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Al-Muneer Foundation, Inc.

Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Al-Muneer Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit religious organization.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4778** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4778&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S4778A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4778A)
3. **S4778B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4778B)

## Votes

- Local Government Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WEIK — primary (person)
- MATTERA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.449
- **2021-03-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-03** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** PRINT NUMBER 4778A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-02** 1ST REPORT CAL.936
- **2022-05-03** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-10** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-24** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-24** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-24** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4778B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-31** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7231B
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.689
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-11-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.621 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dfe608c-9351-40fa-9349-bbca9dcb9a23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).