---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Brookhaven Fire District"
description: "Authorizes the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Brookhaven Fire District with respect to the 2020-2021 assessment roll."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8872"
citation: "New York S 8872 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEIK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-04-26"
last_action: "2022-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/268da8d4-fa79-489c-8a60-04f9e2ccc61b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8872"
source_hash: "05e13b2cb88310fbb5bb0f2f9242deaf13303a69f577582b97812a51d41fb415"
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 8872 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Brookhaven Fire District

Authorizes the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Brookhaven Fire District with respect to the 2020-2021 assessment roll.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8872** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8872&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WEIK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-26** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1579
- **2022-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10032
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.732
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-21** SIGNED CHAP.463 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/268da8d4-fa79-489c-8a60-04f9e2ccc61b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).