---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the assessor of the town of Hempstead, county of Nassau, to accept from Mercy Medical Center an application for exemption from real property taxes"
description: "Authorizes the assessor of the town of Hempstead, county of Nassau, to accept from Mercy Medical Center an application for exemption from real property taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 1208"
citation: "New York S 1208 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-12-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23014ba2-9b47-4d7e-bcad-a0a4e52a5cf6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1208"
source_hash: "8d42cda7f1a3641ef7cbbb6ac42d7e7f318bcf93450610711d3030a260cb0d89"
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 1208 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the assessor of the town of Hempstead, county of Nassau, to accept from Mercy Medical Center an application for exemption from real property taxes

Authorizes the assessor of the town of Hempstead, county of Nassau, to accept from Mercy Medical Center an application for exemption from real property taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1208&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S1208A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1208A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** 1ST REPORT CAL.1100
- **2021-05-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-01** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1208A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7738A
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.626
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-01** SIGNED CHAP.644 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-01** APPROVAL MEMO.49

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23014ba2-9b47-4d7e-bcad-a0a4e52a5cf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).