---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the effectiveness of an occupancy tax imposed in the city of Yonkers"
description: "Extends the effectiveness of an occupancy tax imposed in the city of Yonkers to September 1, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6531"
citation: "New York S 6531 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEWART-COUSINS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-05"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7042123d-18de-400d-9196-e5fc8c9433f2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6531"
source_hash: "fcc1d402a38fb437087f9718fe53bd891d62fde0251a01b6535468a17b7471ac"
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 6531 (2021-2022) — Extends the effectiveness of an occupancy tax imposed in the city of Yonkers

Extends the effectiveness of an occupancy tax imposed in the city of Yonkers to September 1, 2024.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6531&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **55–8** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **121–28** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **20–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STEWART-COUSINS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-05** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1501
- **2021-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7509
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.609
- **2021-06-08** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-01** SIGNED CHAP.224 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7042123d-18de-400d-9196-e5fc8c9433f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).